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To: LindyBill who wrote (81480)	10/28/2004 5:59:07 PM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 793845

Just for the record: Specifically, the troops moving into the Sunni area are actually 800 of the Scottish First Battalion, Black Watch. M Scottish troops move in Iraq Thursday, October 28, 2004 BASRA, Iraq (AP) -- The British military said Wednesday that some 800 of its Black Watch troops have begun their deployment north toward Baghdad from their base in southern Iraq. The British troops left the southern city of Basra to head for a base in Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, accompanied by 40 U.S. Marines, British Lt. Col. James Cowan said. "British forces have just started moving this morning into the north of Hillah. They will deploy in that area and will receive their jobs in maintaining security there," he said. Nearly 800 Scottish soldiers of the First Battalion, Black Watch are to replace U.S. troops who are expected to take part in offensives against insurgent strongholds west and north of the capital. The move is part of a coalition effort to bring order to Iraq before elections in January. The American military wants the British to assume security responsibility in areas close to Baghdad so that U.S. Marines and soldiers can be shifted to insurgency strongholds west of the capital, including Fallujah. casperstartribune.net