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Saturday, 20 December 2008 |
The time is finally here. Gordon Brown has set a date for the troops to come home from Iraq. Thank god say the parents and wives that have loved ones still serving. So this will be the time for Gordon Brown to have an inquiry into how we went into Iraq. He did say himself at one point that there will be one.
Its not just families that have lovde ones in the armed forces that want this inquiry, its the people of this country.
We say we are proud of our armed forces, but not proud of our government. We need this enquiry so that lessons will be learnt.
If they decide to take this country in to a war again we need this inquiry so that this can be put to rest.
For the people that have lost loved ones we need to know the true reasons that our forces were sent to Iraq.
Lets hope that Gordon Brown will do the noble thing and have this inquiry.
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Tuesday, 16 December 2008 |
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The MoD decision to keep using Snatch Landrovers makes me feel sick to the pit off my stomach. How the hell can they say that snatch vehicles are safe to stay when even troops call them 'mobile coffins'.
How many lives have been lost when a snatch has been involved?
Have the MoD not learnt anything through the deaths of our troops?
At Gordon's inquest they said if he had the right equipment it would have saved his life.
Well what the hell are they giving our troops snatch vehicles for?
They're not right for our boys - they're not going to save their lives.
If they're that safe why say they're being replaced?
LIES LIES AND MORE LIES!
Snatch Land Rovers are officially categorised as Protected Patrol Vehicles and are used in peacekeeping missions and other operations where troops need quick land transport.
NOT in a WAR ZONE
They are incapable of withstanding roadside bombs.
SO WHAT CHANCE DO OUR TROOPS STAND?
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Tuesday, 16 December 2008 |
Snatch Land Rovers are to remain in use in Afghanistan and Iraq, Defence Secretary John Hutton has said.
The lightly armoured vehicles have been criticised for offering insufficient protection to troops from bomb blasts.
Mr Hutton told MPs military commanders believed the vehicles were "essential" - but they would be quickly replaced by better-protected Snatch Vixen models.
Shadow defence secretary Liam Fox said it was a "national disgrace" that UK troops were put at "unnecessary risk".
Mr Hutton also said that there would not be a public inquiry into the use of Snatch Land Rovers.
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Saturday, 13 December 2008 |
A suicide bomber who was believed to be just 12 years old killed three Royal Marines in a bloody 24 hours for British forces in which five servicemen died in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The bomb in Helmand, detonated by the youngest known suicide attacker against Western forces in the country, was followed by a mine blast that killed another marine. In Basra, a soldier was shot dead.
Both the Afghan attacks were in the Sangin district, the first at about 10am. Marines from 45 Commando were on foot patrol passing through a village when they were approached by a boy pushing a wheelbarrow containing the bomb, which exploded. An hour later, a Jackal armoured vehicle struck a mine, killing the fourth commando.
The Jackal, a new type of heavily armoured vehicle, is designed to be mine-resistant and had been tested last year by the SAS. But this was the second fatality involving the vehicle, which was recently deployed in Afghanistan, with another marine killed on 12 November, providing evidence that the Taliban are adapting their tactics and using more potent devices.
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Monday, 08 December 2008 |
The Taleban has a permanent presence in nearly 75% of Afghanistan, a new report by an international think-tank says.
The International Council on Security and Development says the insurgents can now infiltrate Kabul at will, although the government rejects the findings.
Taleban leader Mullah Omar has warned violence in Afghanistan will rise and has urged foreign forces to withdraw.
The BBC has also learned that renewed efforts are being made to arrange peace talks with some members of the Taleban.Be first to comment this article |
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Friday, 14 November 2008 |
More than two-thirds of Britons think UK troops should leave Afghanistan within a year, a BBC poll has found.
Of 1,013 people polled, 68% - 59% men and 75% women - said troops should withdraw within 12 months.
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