Redeployment is Britain&#39;s duty, official says
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LONDON - British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said yesterday Britain &quot;would fail in its duty&quot; if it refused a United States request to redeploy British troops into dangerous conditions closer to Baghdad to free up American soldiers for combat operations
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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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British Foreign Secretary Margaret   Beckett, in her first official visit to Iraq, said on Tuesday   that Britain was determined that Iraqis take over   responsibility for security.
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Defense Minister Geoff Hoon will make a statement to the House of Commons on Monday about British troop deployments in Iraq, amid reports that Britain is considering sending some 600 soldiers to bolster US operations near Baghdad.
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The handover of the oil-rich province of Basra by the British military to Iraqi forces will not diminish Britain's role in Iraq, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday.
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The government is "very sympathetic" to a U.S. request for British troops in southern Iraq to be moved closer to Baghdad to free up American forces for anti-insurgency operations, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday.
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The United States has made a controversial request to Britain to re-deploy some of its troops in Iraq. The request would involve moving hundreds of British troops from their relatively calm zone in southern
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British troops still have "an important job to do" in Iraq, Prime minister Gordon Brown says.
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LONDON, England -- Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government has dismissed opposition claims that a redeployment of British troops in Iraq would be a &quot;political gesture&quot; to the White House ahead of next month&#39;s US presidential election.
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British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoonconfirmed on Monday that the British government was considering the US request to deploy troops outside the British-controlled southern sector
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Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said Monday he was considering a request from Washington to redeploy a small number of British troops into the US-controlled sector in Iraq.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government yesterday rejected claims from opposition lawmakers that a redeployment of British troops in Iraq would be a political show of support for the administration of US President George W. Bush before presidential
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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."
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Britain today said it was &quot;considering&quot; a request from Washington to redeploy some of its troops in Iraq from their current base in Basra into strife-torn US-held areas.
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The chief of the British Army has defended the military operation in Afghanistan after it was reported that soldiers there were being stretched to &quot;the brink of exhaustion&quot; by the Taliban.
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Q: Why do the Americans want British troops to be deployed in the US-controlled sector of Iraq? A: It is understood that US commanders have made a request for British
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government, risking criticism from lawmakers in the ruling Labour Party, said it will redeploy 850 troops now in southern Iraq to a region controlled by US forces.