Hoon faces MPs over Iraq troops
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Geoff Hoon is to make a Commons statement on proposals to put some troops under US command in Iraq.
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The House of Lords will on Monday begin hearing a case put forth by the families of troops who have been killed in Iraq challenging the government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into Britain's decision to invade invade the country in 2003.
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Britain is prepared to send more troops to Iraq if necessary to safeguard elections planned for next year, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said on Friday.
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The Government came under more pressure in the Commons today over plans for a major reorganisation of Scottish regiments. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is considering plans to scrap one of Scotland&#39;s six infantry
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Two MPs have demanded an inquiry into claims that a British-based security firm operating in Iraq withheld intelligence from British troops, The Guardian newspaper reported Monday.
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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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Opposition lawmakers put up a human wall in parliament, delaying approval to extend the deployment of South Korean troops in Iraq.
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Britain may send extra troops to Iraq next year to boost security during elections scheduled for January, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said Friday.
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has played down the prospect of fresh deployments of British troops into the American-controlled sector of Iraq.
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Tony Blair is under pressure from his own party to name a date for pulling British troops out of Iraq. The issue is set to dominate the final day of Labour&#39;s conference in Brighton, with delegates set to vote on a motion forced by party members.
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The father of a soldier killed in Iraq is to stand as an MP against Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon.
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NOORDWIJK, Netherlands  - Britain is prepared to  send more troops to Iraq if necessary to safeguard elections  planned for next year, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said on  Friday.
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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.
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LONDON - British troops will be sent to central Iraq from the country&#39;s south, UK Defence Minister Geoffrey Hoon said Thursday.
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Unable to calm the controversy over a US request to redeploy British troops in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Blair is facing dissent from within his party ranks.
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LONDON  - Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a revolt by lawmakers Wednesday over a U.S. request to redeploy some British troops closer to Baghdad.
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Whilst some may claim that the British are staunch allies of the United States (depite being having clearly different agendas on the World Stage), the recent request made to Britain for additional support, namely 600 troops from Black Watch to be moved North to Baghdad to help out the 130,000 US troops who want to move upto Fallujah, is being met by the British Parliament with what we might politely call some   hostility. As the Honourable member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (yes, it is as grim as it sounds), Geraldine Smith asks:    "I'm concerned about the timing. We've been asked by the Americans two weeks before their election to cover for their troops. Is this a ploy to allow Bush not to send more troops? If we made a decision to send troops tomorrow, it looks like we are stepping in to help out the President."