Report: UK army overstretched
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One of Britain's top military commanders said commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan have left the British army with no reserves, a newspaper reported.
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Essential military kit must be sent to Iraq urgently to protect British troops who are under-equipped and overstretched despite escalating violence there, a parliamentary committee reported.
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The British government played down a   leaked e-mail on Friday in which an army officer serving in   Afghanistan described British air force pilots there as   "utterly, utterly useless" and said more troops were needed.
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Britain's 20 biggest military procurement projects ran 1.7 billion pounds (3.2 billion dollars, 2.5 billion euros) overbudget in 2003, the National Audit Office said.
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The UK government faces fresh claims that its troops in Afghanistan lack vital equipment.
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LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has come under fire over the way his government is handling a US request to redeploy 650 British troops in Iraq.
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The head of the British army during the  Iraq invasion has launched a scathing attack on U.S. post-war  policy, a newspaper reported on Saturday, underlining growing  transatlantic strains over Iraq.
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A British newspaper charged Saturday that the country&#39;s troops in Afghanistan were suffering severe shortages of equipment, but the defence ministry said the soldiers had the tools to accomplish their mission.
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The British-led NATO force in  Afghanistan does not have enough troops to carry out its  mission and the Taliban show worrying signs of growing  stronger, a report by Britain&#39;s parliament has found.
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There are not enough members of the armed forces to meet the UK's military demands, MPs say.
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The Bush administration has  overstated U.S.-funded job figures in Iraq due to what the  government said was an accounting error, but critics say may be  a bid to paint a rosier picture on the ground.
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The threat posed by the Taleban in Afghanistan was underestimated, the British defence secretary is set to admit.
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Reports of &quot;an incident&quot; involving soldiers from the Black Watch in Iraq are being investigated, the Ministry of Defence has said.
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Claims the UK is losing large numbers of white-collar jobs through outsourcing is overstated, a report says.
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Evidence emerges of growing concern over the scale of UK troop casualties in Afghanistan.
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WASHINGTON - Members of the military and their families say the Bush administration underestimated the number of troops needed in Iraq and put too much pressure on inadequately trained National Guard and reserve forces, according to a poll released Saturday.    This critical view comes from a military group that has a more favorable view of President Bush, Iraq, the economy and the nation's direction than Americans in general...
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British military forces in Afghanistan are using up missiles, rockets and spare parts at a faster rate than expected, a newspaper has reported.