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Article: Into the triangle; War in Iraq.(British troops face fiercer fights in Iraq)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- October 23, 2004
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It's not all smiles
British troops face fiercer fights in Iraq
THE British death-toll in Iraq has been mercifully modest so far, but that may soon change. On October 21st, Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, announced in Parliament that 850 British troops and support personnel currently based near Basra would move to three unfriendlier towns along the southern base of the Sunni triangle.
The redeployment will answer an American call for help, and will be temporary. Mr Hoon said it would last "weeks rather than months". Its aim is to free US marines for an attack on Fallujah, the centre of Iraq's insurgency, next month. This did not reassure ...