Britain seen backing US request on troops
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LONDON -- An appeal by US commanders for British troops to bolster American forces near Baghdad has sparked angry protests here, but Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon indicated in Parliament yesterday that the request would probably be approved later this week.
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The government is "very sympathetic" to a U.S. request for British troops in southern Iraq to be moved closer to Baghdad to free up American forces for anti-insurgency operations, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday.
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TONY EASTLEY: While Australia has rejected a United Nations requests to provide extra troops to protect UN personnel in Iraq, Britain is considering an American request to provide more British forces.
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The Cabinet is set to discuss plans to send soldiers from the Black Watch to support American forces near Baghdad, amid reports that more British troops could soon be on their way to Iraq.
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LONDON, England -- Britain has agreed to a US request to redeploy about 850 troops to central Iraq, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon told lawmakers.
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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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Britain agreed Thursday to meet a US request to move British troops into volatile central Iraq to free up American forces for a stepped-up assault on insurgents, a proposal that has met strong opposition within the governing Labour Party.
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Britain is likely to agree to a US request to move its troops into more restive areas of Iraq and will only refuse if British generals advise otherwise, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says.
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Britain has not yet decided whether to send 650 troops to relieve US forces in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday, while rejecting suggestions that such a move would be aimed at boosting US President George W. Bush&#39;s electoral campaign.
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The United States on Thursday applauded Britain&#39;s decision to agree to a US request to redeploy 850 crack troops in Iraq to a volatile area west of Baghdad, calling it a sign of London&#39;s commitment to the Iraqi people and international security.
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Britain said Monday it will respond soon to a U.S. request to send troops to more dangerous areas of Iraq, a politically charged issue that has revived anger over Prime Minister Tony Blair's support for the ...
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Top American officials in Iraq were setting out their vision for the U.S. troop presence to the British prime minister.
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British troops will be moved to central Iraq in response to a US request, the defence secretary announces.
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Whilst some may claim that the British are staunch allies of the United States (depite being having clearly different agendas on the World Stage), the recent request made to Britain for additional support, namely 600 troops from Black Watch to be moved North to Baghdad to help out the 130,000 US troops who want to move upto Fallujah, is being met by the British Parliament with what we might politely call some   hostility. As the Honourable member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (yes, it is as grim as it sounds), Geraldine Smith asks:    "I'm concerned about the timing. We've been asked by the Americans two weeks before their election to cover for their troops. Is this a ploy to allow Bush not to send more troops? If we made a decision to send troops tomorrow, it looks like we are stepping in to help out the President."
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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 - British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said yesterday Britain &quot;would fail in its duty&quot; if it refused a United States request to redeploy British troops into dangerous conditions closer to Baghdad to free up American soldiers for combat operations
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The government is "very sympathetic" to a U.S. request for British troops in southern Iraq to be moved closer to Baghdad to free up American forces for anti-insurgency operations, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday.