New mission for British troops in Kosovo

The Guardian ^ | April 25, 2008 | Richard Norton-Taylor

[Ravnagora]

Britain is to deploy hundreds of troops to Kosovo in a move likely to revive claims that the government is demanding too much from its armed forces.

Senior military and defence officials have agreed to a request from Nato to send a battlegroup based on 2 Rifles, a light infantry battalion of about 600 soldiers, to help maintain "public order" in the newly independent Balkan state, the Guardian has learned.

For the first six months of this year, Britain is responsible for providing Nato's standby reserve force for the Balkans. British defence sources said yesterday the deployment of 2 Rifles would not have a significant impact on the army's other commitments, notably in Iraq and Afghanistan - but that depended on how long the force will be asked to stay in Kosovo. Britain has told Nato it is willing to deploy the battalion, but for no longer than a month. A decision to deploy the troops is expected to be approved by the cabinet on Tuesday, say defence officials. They will be dispatched at the end of May.

[Cicero]

Insane. I don’t know who is more responsible for this Kosovo mess: clinton, bush, or the Eurosocialists who went in with clinton and still seem to be keen on it.

Wouldn’t it make more sense to use our troops to fight our enemies, instead of helping a bunch of drug smuggling Muslims to burn churches and kill Serbs and gypsies?

[E. Cartman]

Britain has told Nato it is willing to deploy the battalion, but for no longer than a month.

Good for Britain. NATO wasn't founded for empire building.

[boycott]

Just more troops around the world trying to control the islamic terrorists.

Enough is enough.