Black Watch troops return to Basra
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The Black Watch regiment has returned to its base in Basra in southern Iraq after a month-long mission standing in for US troops in a more violent part of the country, the Ministry of Defence says.
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The bulk of an 850-strong group of British troops are gathering near their new base in a US-controlled area of Iraq. Soldiers from the Black Watch regiment will join up with the first wave of their colleagues
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon was visiting British forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, just days after a battle group returned from a controversial deployment near Baghdad.
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BASRA, Iraq - British troops withdrew on Saturday from radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's main office in the southern city of Basra a day after occupying the building and seizing an arms cache in fighting that killed three and wounded five, the British military and police said.    Explosions and gunfire again echoed across the city Saturday before the soldiers withdrew from the offices in the city center and handed over the keys to local authorities, said British military spokesman Capt...
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BASRA, Iraq - British troops were quitting the southern Iraqi city of Basra last night in another step toward handing over the province to Iraqi control and preparing for an eventual withdrawal of British forces from Iraq.
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British and Iraqi forces in Basra began Operation Sinbad, a several-month long attempt to restore security and rebuild the troubled southern port city, a British military spokesman said.
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British troops will formally take a back seat to Iraqi forces in the southern province of Basra on Sunday with the handover of security responsibility to government troops.
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British Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington Regiment, move toward the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004, during clashes with armed gunmen.
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The Black Watch battle group has been set back into its Basra base ahead of the soldiersâ anticipated return to the UK for Christmas.
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Some 200 soldiers from the Black Watch regiment arrived back in Britain after spending a month deployed in one of the most violent areas of Iraq.
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BASRA, Iraq  - Britain handed responsibility for security in Basra province to Iraqi forces on Sunday, effectively marking the end of nearly five years of British control of the southern part of Iraq.
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Hundreds of British troops returned to their base in southern Iraq Saturday, ending a monthlong deployment in a restive region near Baghdad that the United States had requested to help back up U.S. forces in new offensives against insurgents.
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THE first Black Watch troops to return from Iraq touched down on British soil yesterday.
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Hundreds of British troops returned to their base in southern Iraq Saturday, ending a monthlong deployment in a restive region near Baghdad that the United States had requested to help back up U.S. forces in ...
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In a swirl of dust, the first convoy moved out of the Black Watch base near Basra and headed north. Warrior armoured fighting vehicles were transported on low loaders while some troops moved in
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Britain&#39;s Black Watch regiment has completed its mission in Baghdad and on Saturday returned to Basra where the troops will prepare to return home within the next week.
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon visited British forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Wednesday, just days after a battle group returned from a controversial deployment near Baghdad.