Britain Agrees to U.S. Request for Troop Redeployment

[steve2470]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBV9TIZK0E.html

LONDON (AP) - Prime Minister Tony Blair's government agreed Thursday to meet a U.S. request and redeploy a battalion of 850 British troops into volatile central Iraq, despite strong opposition from lawmakers.

Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon told lawmakers that military chiefs had concluded the level of risk to British soldiers was acceptable. The soldiers are moving from relatively peaceful southern Iraq to a zone where Sunni insurgents have been carrying out daily attacks on U.S. troops and Iraqis.

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[bif]

1. So long, Tony!

Ya stupid lapdog!

[daleo]

2. Arf, arf!

Tony says.