Friday, July 10, 2009

Worse than Iraq: 184 UK soldiers dead in 'the longest campaign'


Five killed in single bomb blast as operation makes them vulnerable

The Guardian

"With thousands of British troops moving out of their bases in a major operation to confront the Taliban in northern Helmand, they are becoming increasingly vulnerable to a determined, though unconventional, enemy.

Fifteen British soldiers have been killed over the past 10 days, the highest losses to enemy action since UK troops were first sent to Afghanistan in 2001; 184 have now lost their lives there, more than the total killed in Iraq......."

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