New Battalion &#39;Told to Prepare to Go to Iraq&#39;
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A British battalion of 600 infantry have been told to make ready for deployment to Iraq, the Conservatives claimed today. The soldiers, understood to be from the 2nd
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A hardline Iranian group announced the creation of a new &amp;quot;battalion&amp;quot; of &amp;quot;martyrdom seekers&amp;quot; -- or suicide attackers -- ready to carry out operations against targets including Israel and author Salman Rushdie.
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About 3,200 Marines are being told to prepare to go to Afghanistan, military officials said Monday, in an effort to boost combat troop levels and get ready for an expected Taliban offensive this spring.
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Pressure is rising to establish an Iraqi military capable of securing the country by January elections.
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If Gen. David H. Petraeus has his way, tens of thousands of U.S. troops will be in Iraq for years to come.
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Hundreds of British troops are getting ready to go to central Iraq in response to a US request for assistance. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon told MPs the deployment would last &quot;weeks rather than months&quot;, and
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Black Watch soldiers have held their last church service at their base near Basra in Iraq, before their move north. The battalion is getting its weapons, ammunition and Warrior armoured vehicles ready for the move to an area under American command.
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Â· Siege fear as Britain plans handover to Iraqis Â· Commanders say they expect attacks to increase
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Faced with a growing insurgency and a January deadline for national elections, American commanders in Iraq say they are preparing operations to open up rebel-held
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ABOARD USS JOHN F. KENNEDY  - Defense Secretary  Donald Rumsfeld said on Saturday that some 40,000 new Iraqi  recruits are expected to join the country's fledgling security  forces ahead of January elections.
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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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DONA ANA ARMY CAMP, N.M. -- Members of a National Guard battalion preparing for deployment to Iraq said this week that they are under strict lockdown and being treated like prisoners rather than soldiers by Army commanders at the remote desert camp where they are training.
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On Monday the leadership of the 42nd Infantry Division of the New York National Guard will be entrusted with the security of four northern provinces in Iraq.
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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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The pressures on the Army are apparent in the Third Infantry Division, which is preparing to go back to Iraq for a third tour.
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Nine hundred reservists are to be deployed to Iraq, the government has announced.
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The aim is to accelerate deployment of Iraqi forces against the insurgents.