UK ready to send troops to &#39;Triangle of Death&#39;
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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 deployment of British troops called in to support US forces in central Iraq has entered its second day. Soldiers from the Black Watch regiment stopped overnight in Nasiriyah and will continue to move through desert towards Iraq&#39;s &quot;triangle of death&quot;.
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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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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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LONDON, OCTOBER 21: Britain agreed on Thursday to send troops to dangerous areas near Baghdad, a politically perilous step for Tony Blair who could face a sharp backlash if casualty rates start rising.
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Britain&#039;s Defence Secretary Des Browne said he was considering &amp;quot;as a matter of urgency&amp;quot; whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan, where six British soldiers have died in the last month.
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British troops will be sent to Africa on emergency peacekeeping missions as part of a 10,000-strong European Union force. They will serve as members of &quot;rapidly-deployable
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It makes military sense for the UK to accept a US request  for troops south of Baghdad, says the top British soldier in Iraq.
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The first units of a Black Watch battlegroup are due to arrive today in their new positions south of Baghdad as Tony Blair indicated that more British troops may replace them in the American-controlled zone before the end of the year.
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The deaths of three British soldiers in Iraq intensifies the controversy over the decision by Tony Blair&#39;s government to send British troops to a more dangerous area and experts say worse is sure to come.
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Britain agreed on  Thursday to a U.S. request for UK troops to move to dangerous  areas near Baghdad, a politically risky step for Tony Blair who  could face a sharp backlash if casualty rates start rising.
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A further deployment of British troops to Afghanistan is to be ordered by the government, the BBC learns.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will convene top cabinet ministers today with a U.S. request for British troops to be sent to more dangerous areas in Iraq sure to top the agenda and a positive response likely.
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British troops could be going to the âtriangle of deathâ if the government approves an American request for almost 900 troops to be moved into central Iraq.
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A report on the US request to send British troops to an area near Baghdad is set to come before Cabinet.
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Britain agreed on Thursday to a U.S. request for UK troops to move to dangerous areas near Baghdad, a politically risky step for Tony Blair who could face a sharp backlash if casualty rates start rising.
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Tony Blair, the British prime minister, wants Africa to be the &quot;top priority&quot; for a new European Union military force that could be deployed in crisis areas at short notice.