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Ten members of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment are currently serving with the 1st Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in the Contingency Operating Base (COB) in Iraq. In their first few weeks, the soldiers have been given front line experience of the battalion’s three main tasks – Operations, Quick Reaction Force and Force protection.
‘The conditions [...]
BBC News
Britain to pull out most Iraq troops
PRESS TV, Iran - 5 hours ago
The British government plans to withdraw the ‘vast majority’ of its soldiers from Iraq by the middle of 2009, a new report has revealed. …
Air Chief Marshal Jock Stirrup
The British government plans to withdraw the ‘vast majority’ of its soldiers from Iraq by the [...]
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Jamie Cooper, youngest soldier injured in Iraq, condemns Labour …
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 18 hours ago By Tom Peterkin The youngest soldier to be injured in Iraq has claimed that Labour is "ruining the country" by throwing injured troops into the gutter. … |
The Province
FACTBOX-Iraq’s recent security operations
Reuters - 10 hours ago
Around 1000 Iraqi soldiers deserted. Iraqi troops took control of Basra within a week after Sadr told his militia to stop fighting. …
Iraqi security forces launched a major operation against Shi’ite militias in the southern city of Amara on Thursday. The offensive is the latest in [...]
