CNN is reporting that the United Kingdom is sending more troops to Iraq:
British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon has announced to parliament the sending of an additional 370 British troops to Iraq, bringing the total there to 8,900.
He added that “no decision had been made” on whether to send a large number of extra military personnel to the region.
Hoon told the House of Commons on Thursday that because of a “continuing threat from violent groups,” commanding officers decided that a light infantry battalion which ends its six-month tour of duty in July should be replaced with an infantry battalion from the Black Watch trained in the use of Warrior fighting vehicles.
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