750 British troops could be deployed in Baghdad: Times

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041018/ts_afp/britain_us_iraq&cid=1503&ncid=1478

LONDON, (AFP) - Some 750 British troops could be deployed in previously US-patrolled hotspots just south of Baghdad as their American counterparts are sent to take part in a major offensive in rebel-held Fallujah, The Times reports.


Under emergency plans drawn up by the British Force headquarters in Basra, in southern Iraq (news - web sites), 650 soldiers from the Black Watch regiment could be moved to the location earmarked by the US 20 miles southwest of Baghdad, including towns such as Iskandariya, Latifiya and Mahmudiya, according to the report.


The Black Watch is currently the divisional reserve force in southeast Iraq.


The Times added that senior MPs and military sources had warned of the danger of British soldiers being associated with heavy-handed US military tactics in central Iraq and of being drawn deeper into the conflict.

more...In further developments the deck chairs on the Titanic "could" be rearranged.

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1. Bush says - "Time to make the Big Poodle bark"

Arf, arf.

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2. Duplicate topic

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