British troops digging in for brutal Afghan winter.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  October 5, 2006 ;     301 words ...Byline: PIPPA CRERAR BRITISH troops are digging in for a winter...throughout the winter. Exhausted British troops will have to wait for reinforcements...Afghanistan. The death toll among British forces since current Afghan operations...the royal family to visit British ...

British troops and Shiite militants clash in Basra

AP Worldstream;  September 18, 2004 ;     282 words ......Worldstream 09-18-2004 Dateline: BASRA, Iraq British troops clashed sporadically with Muqtada al-Sadr...Mushtaq Talib of Basra police. On Friday, British troops took control of al-Sadr's office in Basra after clashing with his followers. British forces stormed the offices and ...

Revealed: how dodgy kit puts British troops' lives on the line

Scotland on Sunday;  January 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ......was the weapon the British forces had been waiting for. Sadly for British troops, it has never possessed...the rifle has failed British troops serving in Iraq, Afghanistan...and weapons used by British troops struggling to maintain...

Basra governor calls on British troops to release Iraqi detainees

Xinhua News Agency;  January 27, 2006 ;     168 words ...Basra governor calls on British troops to release Iraqi detainees...governor called Friday on the British troops in his governorate to...threatened to halt dealing with British forces if the demand was not...kinds of dealing with the British forces on all levels, if the ...

British troops kill two insurgents in battle with rebel militia.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  August 6, 2004 ;     293 words ...BRITISH forces clashed with a rebel Shiite...spokeswoman, adding that no British troops were wounded. The Mahdi...positions close to where British troops normally patrol after...detained two days earlier. The British had not received a formal...only rhetoric, '' said a ...

Web site posts video of suicide attack against three British troops

AP Worldstream;  November 8, 2004 ;     382 words ......suicide attack against British troops last week was posted...operation against the British forces in Baghdad" before...loss suffered by British troops since Aug. 23, 2003...Iraq. So far, 73 British troops have been killed...

Blair to announce withdrawal of British troops from Iraq

Belfast Telegraph;  February 21, 2007 ;     499 words ......playing down suggestions that all British troops will be out by the end of 2008...forces in support.The partial British withdrawal comes as the US is...grateful for the support of the British forces in the past and into the future...It is planned that the 1,500 British troops ...

Interview: Hilary Andersson of the BBC discusses British troops advancing...

NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  April 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ......the BBC discusses British troops advancing into Basra...going out from the British forces, huge plumes of smoke...fires, which the British troops believe were deliberately...YDSTIE: Have the British forces now taken the city...that there are many British ...

British troops in Basra prepare for new "governor"

Xinhua News Agency;  April 9, 2003 ;     276 words ...British troops in Basra prepare for new "governor" LONDON, April 9 (Xinhua) -- British soldiers are taking the first...to official sources Wednesday. British forces in southern Iraq were quoted by...Iraq's second largest city, where British troops have overcome most Iraqi ...

British Troops Have 6,500 Iraqi POWs

AP Online;  April 8, 2003 ;     229 words ......LONDON [image omitted] British troops in the Persian Gulf are...who fell into the hands of British forces were classified as prisoners...posed a direct threat to British forces, or whose continued liberty...Tuesday, April 8, 2003. British forces set up a check point ...

British troops take over Taliban stronghold

Belfast Telegraph;  May 2, 2006 ;     599 words ...British forces officially took...weeks thousands of British troops will deploy to the...Lashkar Gah, where two British soldiers were very...the commander of British forces in Afghanistan...benign" area than the British had dealt with before...

Fear Rules Around Basra; British Troops Detain 14 Baath, Militia Leaders

The Washington Post;  April 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ......southern Iraq, British troops raided villages...Hussein. Since British troops arrived in this...welcome U.S. and British forces had expected in...Marines, then British troops, occupied the...The sight of British soldiers manning...Waiting for the British ...

Army chief says British troops ready for battle

The Independent - London;  March 8, 2003 ;     336 words ...BRITISH TROOPS in the Gulf are ready...fresh speculation that British forces were ill-equipped and...dismissed reports that British forces are ill- equipped...Jackson's comment that British forces were ready brought a...

British troops consolidate grip on heavily looted streets of Basra

AP Worldstream;  April 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ......on Tuesday, as British forces turned their attention...coalition bombing. British troops, who took control...said. He said British forces would move to...road side, where British troops forced drivers...afraid not of the British but of the poor...Basra. Unless ...

British troops start operation aimed at preventing al-Qaida, Taliban from...

AP Worldstream;  May 29, 2002 ;     393 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: BAGRAM, Afghanistan British troops have deployed near the Pakistani...Wednesday. In Operation Buzzard, British forces will conduct patrols in populated...Curry, a British spokesman. Some 300 British troops have deployed over the past three...choose a transitional ...