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| Another 1,300 British troops to be called up for Iraq duty |
| 2004-10-21 |
| COALITION commanders are planning to send a "surge" of extra British troops to Iraq before the elections in January, Britain's senior general in the country said yesterday. One or two extra battalions — or up to 1,300 men — could be sent under contingency plans being drawn up by military chiefs. In his final interview after six months as the second-in-command of the US-led Multi- national Force, Lieutenant-General John McColl told The Times that the talks between British and American commanders on reinforcements were still at the stage of contingency planning and that no numbers had been mentioned. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #7 Gurkhas have bagpipes, as do the Black Watch, natch. Infantry with bagpipes = Not To Be Messed With. |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-10-21 10:53:27 AM |
| #6 oops...Britain :-0 |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-10-21 10:48:49 AM |
| #5 Thanks British! Viva Tony Blair - the mighty Britian lives on! |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-10-21 10:48:08 AM |
| #4 Maybe a legend but I've heard that the Black Watch refused some sort of Unit Citation for Valour during Revolution (for Long Island I think) cause they were "fightin keith and kin". |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-21 10:42:18 AM |
| #3 Tony Blair is really putting it on the line. Check the following link for the most likely candidate to get redeployed. http://www.army.mod.uk/blackwatch/ They are something of a good luck charm. |
| Posted by: TomAnon 2004-10-21 9:08:36 AM |
| #2 Wouldn't mind a few jihadis getting the Kukhri treatment. Sliced and diced. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-10-21 4:35:33 AM |
| #1 Any Gurkhas amongs them? I want to hear 'Ayo Gurkhalee!' resonating in Sunni heartland. In urbis resonant pulchria carmina In urbis resonat pulchra carmen. |
| Posted by: Memesis 2004-10-21 4:24:16 AM |