US has formally requested British troops to relieve a unit in order to improve the Fallujah offensive.
There is considerable rumbling back here as to the practicality of this ( a single British battlegroup), why the US can't cover it's own base, and to what extent this is political support for Gerge Bush's election campaign.
Plenty of articles on these aspects on http://news.bbc.co.uk
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Also for cheek, it's the Blackwatch they want to send which is one of the ones they're thinking about axing.
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"It's all about popularity really, if your invisible friend that tells you to invade places is called Napoleon, you're a loony, if he's called Jesus then you're the president."
"I'd drive more people insane, but I'd have to double back and pick them up first..."
"All it takes for bullshit to thrive is for rational men to do nothing." - Kevin Farrell, B.A. Journalism.
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