British Military Begins Deployment in Iraq
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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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British Prime Minister Tony Blair  announced on Wednesday the start of the withdrawal of British  troops from Iraq just as thousands of additional U.S. troops  were arriving there to try to restore order in Baghdad.
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Nine hundred reservists are to be deployed to Iraq, the government has announced.
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British troops have begun arriving at their new base south of Baghdad, where they are filling in for US forces being sent to fight insurgents, the Ministry of Defence in London said.
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Britain began deploying about 800 of its Black Watch troops north toward Baghdad from their base in southern Iraq on Wednesday, the British military said.
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British troops could be sent to some of Iraq's most volatile areas to back up US forces, the BBC learns.
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A British regiment of 850 soldiers deployed to back up US forces outside Baghdad since the end of October has returned to its base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.
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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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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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THE US had asked Britain to redeploy troops stationed in the UK-controlled zone in southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence confirmed today.
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British troops in southern Iraq have begun redeploying to more volatile regions in central Iraq as requested by the United States.
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A British regiment of 850 soldiers deployed to back up US forces outside Baghdad since the end of October has returned to its base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the defense ministry said.
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British troops redeployed in central Iraq to support US forces have come under fresh attacks at their base south of Baghdad, the BBC reported Wednesday.
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The long-awaited Baghdad security operation has begun, the top United States military spokesman in Iraq said today.
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The United States wants Britain to deploy troops in more volatile parts of Iraq, as a new offensive on insurgent-held Fallujah looms, reports from Britain said.
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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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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.