Mons Barracks will become home to 1st Battalion The Scots Guards, currently based in Catterick, with 1st Battalion The Irish Guards moving out to Hounslow.

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The former Scots Guards soldier, who fought in the Gulf War, said the MoD's record on screening was years behind that of other European countries.

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The British forces also launched a missile strike that destroyed the Baath headquarters in Basra, said Richard Gaisford, an ITN reporter embedded with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.

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Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Royal Fusiliers and the Black Watch pushed into the city.

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The event opening included remarks from Prof Alec Boksenberg, Chair of the UK National Commission for UNESCO, and Major Hugo Clarke, Scots Guards.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Launch of Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq's Past