A British battalion of 600 infantry have been told to make ready for deployment to Iraq, the Conservatives claimed today.
The soldiers, understood to be from the 2nd Battalion Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, were told of the move “some time ago”, according to the Tories.
Shadow defence secretary Nicholas Soames said the battalion was expected to be based in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.
“I know that an infantry regiment has been stood up to go to Iraq.” he said. “They are in the UK now. It is a battalion, about 600.”
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