Read more British troops stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5507/british-troops.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:42:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73279/rogue-afghan-cop-kills-5-brit-soldiers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFive British soldiers died in Helmand province yesterday after a rogue Afghan cop opened fire on a group of Afghan policemen and their British mentors drinking tea together. The mentors had been training the Afghans for two weeks when one of the trainees turned his weapon on them without warning....http://www.newser.com/story/73279/rogue-afghan-cop-kills-5-brit-soldiers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 6:17:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73011/uk-colonels-death-raises-fury-at-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritain's newspapers are up in arms today over the revelation that a commander got killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan just weeks after warning his superiors they weren't doing enough to prevent such deaths. Lt. Col. Rupert Thorneloe complained in an email that troops didn't have enough helicopters and...http://www.newser.com/story/73011/uk-colonels-death-raises-fury-at-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 13:07:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65945/us-to-pressure-brits-for-more-troops-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US is expected to push for more British troops to help fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, a move certain to be unpopular with the British public, reports the Guardian . NATO Gen. Stanley McChrystal will likely recommend to President Obama that the current total of 150,000 Afghan troops should...http://www.newser.com/story/65945/us-to-pressure-brits-for-more-troops-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 3:34:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45855/soldiers-who-survive-war-are-less-intelligent.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSoldiers who survived World War II were on average less intelligent than their fallen comrades, a study of British records has revealed. Researchers merged military records with an IQ test given to Scottish schoolchildren in 1932 and found that Scots who died in battle had an average IQ of 100....http://www.newser.com/story/45855/soldiers-who-survive-war-are-less-intelligent.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Dec 2008 7:39:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45546/brown-announces-july-withdrawal-in-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a surprise visit to Baghdad today and announced that all but a handful of British troops will leave Iraq by July 2009. About 4,000 British service members remain in Iraq, mostly around Basra, though at the height of the war 100,000 were...http://www.newser.com/story/45546/brown-announces-july-withdrawal-in-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 5:47:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45311/brown-hints-hed-nix-obama-plea-for-troops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown has hinted that Britain would defy a request by Barack Obama to send 2,000 more troops to Afghanistan, the Times of London reports. After hearing of bleak progress there against the resurging Taliban, Brown warned that other nations will have to shoulder further deployments....http://www.newser.com/story/45311/brown-hints-hed-nix-obama-plea-for-troops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Dec 2008 2:44:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44881/britain-to-withdraw-troops-from-iraq-by-june.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish troops will begin withdrawing their 4,000 troops from Iraq in March and will have all but a few hundred out by the end of June, the Guardian reports. They will be replaced at their base in Basra not by Iraqis but by Americans, who are worried about keeping...http://www.newser.com/story/44881/britain-to-withdraw-troops-from-iraq-by-june.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Dec 2008 19:53:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42247/britain-will-resist-us-calls-for-afghan-buildup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritain should oppose any calls from President Obama to shift troops to Afghanistan as they are pulled out of Iraq, the country's defense chief says, arguing that UK troops need a breather. “I have said for a very long time that the British armed forces are stretched,” Sir Jock Stirrup...http://www.newser.com/story/42247/britain-will-resist-us-calls-for-afghan-buildup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Nov 2008 12:31:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/22884/brits-join-the-fight-in-basra.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the Iraqi army struggles to combat militias in Basra, British troops for the first time directly joined the fight, and American forces expanded their bombing beyond the militia stronghold. The Brits, who had previously provided only logistical and air support to the Iraqis, fired on an insurgent mortar team...http://www.newser.com/story/22884/brits-join-the-fight-in-basra.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 29 Mar 2008 11:27:22 CDT