Bulgaria's Iraq Troops Wind up Rebasing
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Politics: 7 November 2004, Sunday. The last of the Bulgarian soldiers have left the base in Karbala, completing the unit's redeployment to Diwaniya.
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Politics: 11 October 2004, Monday. The relocation of Bulgaria's troops in Iraq from the southern city Karbala to the Qadissiya province is expected to take place October 20 to November 10.
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British troops will formally take a back seat to Iraqi forces in the southern province of Basra on Sunday with the handover of security responsibility to government troops.
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Britain is to send an extra 220 troops to Iraq to take over from Dutch forces being pulled out of the country, the Ministry of Defense said Thursday.
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Bulgaria's Minister of Defence said Saturday his country would keep its troops part of the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq as long as it takes to bring peace and democracy to the Arab country.
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Bulgarian President Georgy Parvanov told parliament that he would like to see Bulgaria's 450-strong troop contingent out of Iraq before the end of the year, but for the pullout not to be hasty.
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Politics: 6 September 2004, Monday. The US commandment insists that Bulgaria's peacekeepers in Iraq stay in their current base Kilo located within Karbala, local Darik radio reported citing sources from the ...
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It was the kind of exchange that U.S. troops are counting on.
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The army confirms that a unit of the Welsh Cavalry - the Queens Dragoon Guards - will be supporting British forces moving into central Iraq.
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British troops redeployed in central Iraq to support US forces have come under fresh attacks at their base south of Baghdad, the BBC reported Wednesday.
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Politics: 10 January 2005, Monday. The leader of Bulgaria's rightist Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) lashed rival Socialists for their pledge to withdraw Bulgarian troops from Iraq if winning this year's ...
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The government has decided to send up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to fight a resurgent Taliban, days after announcing a major reduction in forces in Iraq.
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22 October 2004 -- Some 850 British troops have started preparations to redeploy from southern Iraq to outside of Baghdad, in response to a US request for help in stabilizing the country prior to elections planned for January 2005.
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A battle group of 250 from the King's Royal Hussars are among the troops returning early from Iraq, the MoD says.
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Albania and Poland reconfirmed on Tuesday that their troops will stay in Iraq to help maintain stability in the country.
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British troops in southern Iraq have begun redeploying to more volatile regions in central Iraq as requested by the United States.
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Reports that British troops based in the relatively calm south of Iraq could be redeployed under US command near strife-torn Baghdad drew a storm of criticism from opposition parties.