British troops may be moved to Baghdad to relieve U.S. forces
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LONDON  - British troops could be moved to Baghdad to provide cover for U.S. troops as they carry out offensive operations against insurgents in Fallujah and elsewhere in Iraq, news reports said Saturday.
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UK troops in southern Iraq may be moved to more dangerous areas near Baghdad, media reports say, a politically charged move military analysts say would mean raising Britain's profile in Iraq significantly.
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Britain agreed Thursday to meet a US request to move British troops into volatile central Iraq to free up American forces for a stepped-up assault on insurgents, a proposal that has met strong opposition within the governing Labour Party.
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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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LONDON British troops reportedly could end up filling in for US troops in Baghdad, in the event of a move against insurgents in other Iraqi cities.
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A reconnaissance team is to visit the area around Baghdad where UK forces could be sent to provide US back-up.
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Heavily armored, elite British troops will move closer to Baghdad, allowing US forces to redeploy and ratchet up operations against militants in Falluja and other rebellion-stoked cities.
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Britain agreed on Thursday to a US request for Britain troops to move to dangerous areas near Baghdad, a politically risky step for Tony Blair who could face a sharp backlash if casualty rates start rising.
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LONDON - The British government is &quot;very sympathetic&quot; to a US request for British troops in southern Iraq to be moved closer to Baghdad to free up American forces for anti-insurgency operations, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday.
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British troops leave the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Thursday, Oct 21, 2004. Britain said Thursday a battalion of British troops would be redeployed into volatile central Iraq, meeting a US request despite
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will on Wednesday announce a timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq just as thousands of additional U.S. troops are arriving there to try to restore order in Baghdad.
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Britain was due on Monday to announce that it had received a US request to move some of its troops in Iraq into restive, US-held areas, a move opponents warned could be seen as a pre-election stunt to assist President George W. Bush.
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Basra, Iraq -- The British military says its troops have begun heading north to Baghdad from their base in southern Iraq. Large flatbed trucks can be seen carrying armored British vehicles up a road through Iraq&#39;s southern desert.
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. British troops moved north from Basra Wednesday to take over a deadly area near Baghdad and free up US troops for a possible attack on Falluja.
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Britain looked set on Tuesday to agree to a US request to send its troops into violence-plagued areas of Iraq, a move opponents argue is politically motivated and could see British casualties multiply.
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London is considering a request by Washington to redeploy a small number of British soldiers in Iraq to allow US forces carry out massive operations, the UK defense minister told parliament Monday.
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The Cabinet is today discussing plans to redeploy British troops to an American-controlled area in central Iraq. Ministers are poised to decide whether to allow 650 troops from the Black Watch regiment to shift to the region.