British team to assess troop move
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A British reconnaissance team is set to visit the area around Baghdad where the US military has asked for back-up from UK forces. It is thought about 650 troops could be moved to within 20 miles of the Iraqi
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LONDON - Britain is considering a request to move some of its troops into the US-controlled zone in Iraq, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon told Parliament&#39;s lower chamber Monday.
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Britain has received a request from the United States for help from UK troops in Iraq - and the Chief of the Defence Staff is expected to recommend whether to comply
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Britain may increase the number of troops it has in Afghanistan, according to a Nato spokesman.
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London - A total of 750 British troops could be deployed in previously American-patrolled hotspots just south of Baghdad as their American counterparts are sent to take part in a major offensive in rebel-held Fallujah, The Times reported on Monday.
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Soldiers in Britain&#39;s Black Watch battalion are preparing to move to central Iraq after a United States request for assistance, the BBC reported Sunday.
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Basra, Iraq -- The British military says its troops have begun heading north to Baghdad from their base in southern Iraq. Large flatbed trucks can be seen carrying armored British vehicles up a road through Iraq&#39;s southern desert.
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British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon would make a statement in the House of Commons on Monday about possible redeployment of British troops in Iraq, the BritishMinistry of Defense said Sunday.
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Some 850 British troops and support  personnel will move to patrol areas closer to Baghdad following  a U.S. request, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said on Thursday.
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Hundreds of British soldiers arrived at a base near Baghdad in a deployment aimed at providing cover for U.S. troops considering a new assault on Iraqi insurgents, the Ministry of Defence said Friday.
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British troops could be moved to Baghdad to cover for U.S. soldiers battling insurgents in the rebel-held city of Falluja and elsewhere in Iraq, British media reported on Saturday.
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Blair says move driven by need to secure the area before Iraq&#39;s Jan. elections; critics say it is more about US elections in Nov. British troops currently deployed in central Iraq are likely &quot;heading for an
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The British Army is to start pulling troops out of Iraq next month despite the deteriorating security situation in much of the country, The Observer has learnt.
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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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British troops could be moved to Baghdad to provide cover for American troops as they carry out offensive operations against insurgents in Fallujah and elsewhere in the country, media reports said Saturday.
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Britain is expected to announce the  deployment of more than 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to  help combat an anticipated offensive by Taliban insurgents in  coming months, the Guardian newspaper reported on Friday.
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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.