Britain to cut down on army battalions
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British government announced on Thursday the details to restructure the country&#39;s army forces, saying that the changes would make it more flexible and specialized.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Wednesday that British troop numbers in southern Iraq would be reduced from 7,100 to 5,500 in the months ahead.
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The UK is expected to announce the withdrawal of 600 of its forces from Bosnia.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair is to set out plans to replace the country's nuclear deterrent, but reports said he would announce a cut in warhead numbers to appease opponents.
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon will set out details of wide-ranging and controversial changes to the structure of the British Army today.
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The Tories have pledged to reverse defence cuts and reinstate any regiments that are scrapped under a Ministry of Defence review.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. military intends to reduce the number of combat brigades in Iraq from 20 to 19 by the end of this year, the first part of a plan to withdraw thousands of American troops from the war zone by next summer, military officials said Wednesday.
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Britain said on Wednesday it would withdraw almost a quarter of its troops from Iraq in coming months, just as thousands of additional U.S. soldiers were arriving there to try to restore order in Baghdad.
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The drawdown of British troops in Basra is a sign of a new Prime Minister's priorities
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The British Army, fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, is losing the equivalent resources of more than one battalion (500-600 soldiers) a year as a result of illegal drug use, researchers said on Friday.
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Britain announced on Wednesday the withdrawal of almost one quarter of its troops from Iraq in coming months, just as thousands of additional U.S. soldiers were arriving there to try to restore order in Baghdad.
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Army chiefs are poised to decided the fate of Scotland's six infantry regiments, in a meeting to seal their future.
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Britain expects to be able to withdraw "thousands" of its troops from Iraq by the end of 2007, Britain's Defense Minister Des Browne said on Monday.
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MoD moves to limit diplomatic fallout from attack on US policy in Iraq by former head of British army.
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Bulgaria may reduce by two-thirds its 450-strong infantry battalion in Iraq after general elections in the Arab country due next month, a report said Sunday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to withdraw nearly half of Britain's troops from Iraq by the end of 2007, British media reported early Wednesday.
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The government is expected to announce improvements to the terms and conditions of Gurkhas in the British army.