David McBride of the Black Watch wipes the sweat off his face as he sits aboard a Hercules C-130 at Basra International Airport, where temperatures are around 39 degrees centigrade. British troops have begun arriving at their new base south of Baghdad, where they are filling in for US forces being sent to fight insurgents.(AFP/Pool/Maurice McDonald)
Warrior Armoured Personnel Carriers from B Company, The Black Watch, move north to their new area of operations south of Baghdad, Friday Oct. 29 2004. The British group are to conduct operations in the area of opertations of the US 24 Marine Expeditionary Unit.(AP Photo/Giles Penfoud, MOD, ho) 
British soldiers of the Black Watch regiment prepare to board a Hercules C-130 transport aircraft at Basra Airport, Iraq, Thursday Oct. 28, 2004. The Black Watch battle group, with attachments from 40 Commando Royal Marines, B Squadron Queen's Dragoon Guards and support from other units will be operating in the area where the US 24 Marine Expeditionary Unit has been deployed.(AP Photo/Maurice McDonald, pool)
British troops make their way north from southern Iraq to start Operation Bracken, October 27, 2004. British troops moved north from Basra to take over a deadly area near Baghdad and free up U.S. troops for a possible attack on Falluja. (Reuters - Handout)
U.S. and British soldiers from 1st Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) Battle Group, hold the Union flag prior to their departure on Operation Bracken, at a location in southern Iraq, October 27, 2004. British troops moved north from Basra to take over a deadly area near Baghdad and free up U.S. troops for a possible attack on Falluja. (Reuters - Handout)