British troops allow US crackdown
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British troops are being sent to patrol areas near Baghdad to allow US troops to take &quot;decisive action&quot; against Iraqi insurgents, Britain&#39;s top military officer has said.
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British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon told the British Parliament on Thursday that the government has agreed to a US request to redeploy British troops in Iraq to relieve American forces.
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Britain was due on Monday to announce that it had received a US request to move some of its troops in Iraq into restive, US-held areas, a move opponents warned could be seen as a pre-election stunt to assist President George W. Bush.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops and their Iraqi allies launched crackdowns Thursday against anti-government forces in widely separated parts of the country, sending warplanes against insurgent strongholds in two cities and restoring Iraqi state control in a third...
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British troops may end up in one of the most violent flashpoints in Iraq in an operation to help the United States forces poised for an assault on the rebel stronghold of Fallujah.
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LONDON -- Britain has agreed to a US request to redeploy British troops from southern Iraq to an area closer to Baghdad. The british defence secretary made the announcement in the House of Commons.
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The British government Monday rejected claims it was planning to put some of its troops under US command as a political show of support for President Bush ahead of the presidential election.
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LONDON  - Britain was due to announce Monday that it had received a US request to redeploy some of its troops in Iraq into restive, US-held areas, a move critics warned could be seen as a pre-election ploy to assist President George W. Bush.
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LONDON - Hundreds of British troops returned to their base in southern Iraq yesterday, ending a monthlong deployment requested by the United States for an offensive in a restive region near Baghdad.
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British troops today handed over responsibilty for security in the southern Iraqi province of Basra, a major landmark in the scaling-back of the foreign military presence nearly five years on from the U.S.-led invasion. "As you step up, we step back," British commander, Maj. Gen. Graham Binns, told Iraqi leaders.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 2 -- British NATO troops have reached an agreement with Afghan elders aimed at ending Taliban attacks in a southern district where six British soldiers have been killed since August.
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British troops moved north from Basra  Wednesday to take over a deadly area near Baghdad and free up  U.S. troops for a possible attack on Falluja.
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Britain tried to stop the US disbanding the army in post-Saddam Iraq, Europe minister Geoff Hoon has revealed.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s cabinet made a decision on a US request to deploy British troops in Iraq into an area controlled by American forces.
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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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British soldiers are waiting today to learn if they will be ordered to relieve US troops in Iraq. US military commanders have asked their British allies for help outside their normal areas of operation.
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By George Jones, Political Editor and Toby Harnden in Baghdad. British troops could be deployed in American-controlled hot spots in Iraq into the New Year, the Government indicated yesterday.