Marines Welcome Arrival of British &#39;Black Watch&#39; Regiment
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq, Nov. 1, 2004 -- A British armored battle group of about 850 soldiers, led by the 1st Battalion of the Black Watch Regiment, has deployed from Basra, Iraq, to an area south
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Several British newspapers and the British Broadcasting Corp. have reported that London is considering sending 600 soldiers from the Black Watch regiment in relatively peaceful Basra to bolster U.S. operations ...
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The Black Watch battalion has begun moving from Basra to take over an area near Baghdad in a move that could set the stage for a US attack on rebel-held Falluja.
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CAMP LEJEUNE, NC -- Camp Lejeune Marines patrolling south of Baghdad, Iraq, are getting help from British troops. The 24th Marine Exepeditionary Unit of some 2,200 troops says it is being reinforced by some
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Hundreds of British soldiers are preparing today to move to central Iraq to support US troops. An 850-strong group from the Black Watch will be deployed to the area
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon will make a Commons statement this afternoon on the deployment of 650 soldiers of the Black Watch to a US-controlled sector in Iraq, Downing Street confirmed today.
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LONDON, Nov 4  - The Black Watch, three of whose soldiers have been killed in an ambush in Iraq just days after beginning a new mission near Baghdad, is one of the most famous regiments in the British army, billing itself &quot;Scotland&#39;s finest&quot;.
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Hundreds of British soldiers being deployed to provide cover for U.S. troops have arrived at their base near Baghdad, the Ministry of Defense said Friday.
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The US government has welcomed Britain&#39;s decision to send 850 Black Watch soldiers closer to Baghdad. The troops from the Black Watch are preparing today to move from Basra to an area south west of Baghdad to support US troops.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has promised soldiers of the Black Watch they would be home for Christmas after their Iraq tour of duty - with ministers poised to agree a US request for them to replace American troops.
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The Black Watch are heading for the so-called &quot;Triangle of Death&quot; outside Baghdad to free US Marines for an expected all-out assault on Fallujah.
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Black Watch troops have move into position ahead of the imminent US and Iraqi assault on the rebel stronghold of Fallujah, it was reported today.
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The UK will send 850 soldiers comprising the Black Watch and supporting units to western Iraq, Geoff Hoon has announced in the House of Commons.
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The British Ministry of Defense saidSaturday that the Black Watch regiment has completed its mission standing in for US troops in central Iraq and returned to its basein the southern Basra area.
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Troops from the Black Watch regiment have begun a major operation in central Iraq.
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A former member of the Black Watch believes the regiment is ready for its move to a more hostile area of Iraq. On Wednesday, more than 800 soldiers from the battalion began moving out of Basra towards an area south of Baghdad.
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&#39;Just say no.&#39; That was the Guardian&#39;s considered advice to the UK government over the redeployment of British Black Watch troops from Basra to central Iraq to take the place of Americans who have to go off and fight insurgents.