Britain Considers U.S. Request for Iraq Troop Help
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Britain said Monday it will respond soon to a U.S. request to send troops to more dangerous areas of Iraq, a politically charged issue that has revived anger over Prime Minister Tony Blair's support for the ...
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LONDON - Britain gave the strongest signal yet on Tuesday that it will agree to a United States request to move its troops in Iraq to support American military operations as pressure builds on Prime Minister Tony Blair to reject the overture.
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Britain is considering a request it received from Washington last week for extra military assistance in Iraq, but not in flashpoint areas in Baghdad or Falluja, the government said Monday.
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Britain's Ministry of Defense said Friday that it was discussing coalition troop deployments in Iraq with the country's interim government and U.S. officials.
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Geoff Hoon is to address the Commons on Monday about proposals to put some British troops under US command in Iraq. The defence secretary is expected to confirm a formal request for assistance has been received from the Americans.
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The government is under pressure over plans to send UK troops towards central Iraq to assist US forces.
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British troops could be moved to Baghdad  to cover for U.S. soldiers battling insurgents in the  rebel-held city of Falluja and elsewhere in Iraq, British media  reported on Saturday.
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LONDON -- An appeal by US commanders for British troops to bolster American forces near Baghdad has sparked angry protests here, but Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon indicated in Parliament yesterday that the request would probably be approved later this week.
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TONY EASTLEY: While Australia has rejected a United Nations requests to provide extra troops to protect UN personnel in Iraq, Britain is considering an American request to provide more British forces.
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Britain could be asked to contribute troops to a 10,000-strong UN peacekeeping force for Sudan under a draft resolution being discussed in the security council, government officials in London indicated yesterday.
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Britain is considering a U.S. request to  move troops into more potentially dangerous areas of Iraq, a  politically charged move which has re-ignited anger over Prime  Minister Tony Blair's support for the war.
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America has requested the assistance of UK troops in Iraq, which would involve British soldiers operating outside the UK-controlled southern sector of Iraq, the defence secretary confirmed today.
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Britain is likely to agree to a US request to move its troops into more restive areas of Iraq and will only refuse if British generals advise otherwise, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says.
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Britain agreed Thursday to a US request for troops to be moved into central Iraq, a proposal that faced strong opposition within the governing Labour Party.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Cabinet met Thursday to discuss a U.S. request for British troops to be moved into volatile central Iraq, a proposal that has met strong opposition within the governing Labour ...
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The United States has sought to put a positive angle on its closest ally Britain&#x2019;s plan to pull its 7,100 troops out of Iraq nearly four years after the war&#x2019;s start.Comment
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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