Black Watch awaiting return to UK
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The 850-strong Black Watch battle group has returned to Basra ahead of its anticipated return to the UK within days.
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The Black Watch is being deployed as part of a US Marine expeditionary unit to take &quot;decisive action&quot; against insurgents in Iraq, Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Michael Walker has revealed.
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UK forces are to undertake an evacuation of British nationals from the west African state of Ivory Coast. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said a company of the Royal Gurkha Regiment is &quot;pre-positioning&quot; in the
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Geoff Hoon, the Defence Secretary, appeared to back off last night from Tony Blair&#39;s promise to Parliament that a Black Watch battle group being redeployed to help US Marines near Baghdad will be home by Christmas.
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BRITAINâS military forces have had less than ten days to assess the risks of sending The Black Watch battle group to fill in for US Marines south of Baghdad, it was confirmed yesterday.
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By Jamie Lyons, Political Correspondent, and Kim Pilling, PA News. British troops from the Black Watch stopped overnight in Nasiriyah after they moved through desert towards Iraqâs âtriangle of deathâ.
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Oil giant BP is set to announce its return to Libya, Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s official spokesman said, shortly before taking off for the north African country.
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THE soldiers of the Black Watch pulled out of Iraq&#39;s Triangle of Death yesterday - and are expected home within a week. Seven-year-old Stephen McNicol last night celebrated the return of his father Lance Corporal Sandy McNicol, 34, in time for Christmas.
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Black Watch troops have arrived at their new base south of Baghdad, the Ministry of Defence announced. The soldiers are relieving US forces who are expected to mount an all-out assault on the rebel stronghold of Fallujah.
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The Cabinet is set to discuss plans to send soldiers from the Black Watch to support American forces near Baghdad, amid reports that more British troops could soon be on their way to Iraq.
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HOSTAGE Margaret Hassan was last night shown on a new video pleading for British troops not to be sent to Baghdad. As the Black Watch headed towards the &quot;triangle of death&quot; outside the Iraqi
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Black Watch troops have move into position ahead of the imminent US and Iraqi assault on the rebel stronghold of Fallujah, it was reported today.
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By Andrew Woodcock and James Lyons, Political Correspondents, PA News. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is expected to tell MPs today that no decision has yet been made on whether to deploy British troops in the American-controlled sector of Iraq.
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THE Black Watch today moved towards Baghdad in response to the US plea for help. The Ministry of Defence said today that soldiers from the Scottish regiment were leaving their base in the southern city of
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Britain has received a request from the United States for help from UK troops in Iraq - and the Chief of the Defence Staff is expected to recommend whether to comply
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BLACK Watch soldiers were on their way to Iraq&#39;s worst killing fields last night - and the Scots Guards could follow them. Britain&#39;s top general hinted yesterday that UK troops could be based in high-risk areas around Baghdad until well into next year.
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UK News, A Black Watch soldier was killed in a road accident yesterday as the heavily armed convoy he was travelling in moved towards its new base.