Troops Await Decision on US Back-Up Plea
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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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Britain is urging the United States to announce a possible timetable for the withdrawal of the countries' troops from Iraq.
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The United States has made a controversial request to Britain to re-deploy some of its troops in Iraq.
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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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British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoonconfirmed on Monday that the British government was considering the US request to deploy troops outside the British-controlled southern sector
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Britain will announce later whether it has agreed to a US request to send hundreds of its troops to relieve American forces in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman said, a move widely expected to go ahead.
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld faced tough questioning Wednesday from troops about to be deployed to Iraq. Soldiers in Kuwait peppered Rumsfeld with queries about the standard of equipment they
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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 UK Ministry of Defence is discussing the possibility of British soldiers filling in behind US forces in Iraq. Should they redeploy?
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Tony Blair faces demands for a Commons vote on whether UK forces should provide back-up for the US in Iraq.
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Some US troops could be sent home if security conditions improve, president says.
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The US military said Monday no decision had been taken whether to discipline Army reservists who refused a supply mission last week, despite statements from their relatives that the soldiers would be discharged.
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The government is considering a US request to move troops into more potentially dangerous areas of Iraq, a politically charged move which has re-ignited anger over Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s support for the war.
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The British cabinet is meeting this morning to consider a military report on the US&#39;s request to redeploy UK troops in Iraq to a more volatile area in the Baghdad region.
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The government is under pressure over plans to send UK troops towards central Iraq to assist US forces.
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A BLACK Watch private in Iraq last night confirmed his unit is being sent to back up US troops to the south of Baghdad tomorrow. He sent an angry email to a forces website saying the Americans weren&#39;t helping
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The British government says it&#39;ll honor the US request to send a battalion of troops to central Iraq. British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon says there&#39;s &quot;a compelling military operational justification&quot; for the redeployment.