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Published Date: 17 February 2008
By Matt Williams
BRITISH troops are on standby to fly to Kosovo in the event of violence breaking out following the province's expected declaration of independence today.
About 600 members of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards will be sent to the new state, if widespread civil unrest follows its split from Serbia.

The soldiers make up the current Nato Response Force, which is tasked with assisting troops deployed in Kosovo, if need be. The Nato-led Kosovo Force (Kfor) has about 15,000 personnel in place.

But if numbers on the ground are deemed insufficient in the case of ethnic violence recurring, extra troops will be moved in. Nato's Response Force rotates its host country every six months, with the UK having taken over on January 1. As such, it will fall upon the 1st Battalion Welsh Guard to go to Kosovo if the need arises. Equipment including armoured vehicles has been earmarked for deployment.





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  • Last Updated: 16 February 2008 9:44 PM
  • Source: Scotland On Sunday
  • Location: Scotland
  • Related Topics: The Balkans
 
1

oder,

Scotland 17/02/2008 09:23:19
British troops are on standby to fly to Kosovo to help ethnic Albanian Kosovars break up Serbia, and make them a majority were previously they were a minority, regardless of the assurance given by the British Government that they would not agree to the break up of Serbia! well that lets you see the "Honesty" of the British!

"Perfidy "a deliberate act of deception or treachery!

now apparently! honest politics!
2

carrottop,

Dumfries 17/02/2008 09:23:44
This split has been caused by a non indigenous population breeding themselves into the majority and taking over someone else's lands, will the British send troops to parts of England and Glasgow to support the separatists when it happens here?
One only has to look to the last response to UDI to call hypocrite.
3

carrottop,

17/02/2008 09:24:21
1# Snap.
4

Griffe,

17/02/2008 16:37:28
Nato troops from the UK yet again! Sorry I forgot we are the European member of Nato that supply troops.
5

Great Scott.,

Abbbotsford 17/02/2008 18:20:56
I suspect Canada will not recognize this unilateral declaration as !)It has no validity as Kososvo is under a U.N.Mandate and not a Euroepan Union plus US bloc.
2)Kososvo has always been an integral part of Serbia.
3)Unilateral declarations,are not recognized in Interantional Law as they are based on agreement by all parties.
4)It gives a green light to all aspiring Indepenedence Movements that they can follow this action.
A population that has migrated to Kososvo has no rights over the indigenous Serbian Population,a Chrisitan population who will not accept Moslem laws.Thats a bit like saying 'there are so many English peole in Scotalnd it should be declared part of England.
3) Canada has its own Independence problem with Quebec and cannot agree to Declaration without agreement by Serbia.As it sets an Oestophole precedent.
4) Russia will come to the aid of Serbia as it did in the past which resulted in War.
5)Britain should resist being involved in an internal dispute which may lead to a third world war.
No to more Britsh Troops in Kososvo,no more bloodshed for our soldiers.
5)Britain,Germany,and France with the U.S. tagging along is flouting International law.

 

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