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• Rules of Engagement: Letting the Enemy Go Free

  
  The Captain's Journal — Authority: 536
  More than two years ago I outlined the calamity that British rules of engagement had caused to their campaign in Basra.  The security situation began very well at the initiation of Operation Iraqi Freedom, but devolved into one in which the British were completely ineffective at fighting the insurgency and had ...
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• PM Gilani Snubs Indian Army Chief’s Statement

  
  TrendPK.com — Authority: 461
  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday said Indian Army Chief’s statement about limited nuclear was is irresponsible, adding that disputes between Pakistan and India can only be resolved through meaningful dialogue. Talking to media at Islamabad airport before departing for four ...
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• Taliban now using donkey ’suicide’ bombs against foreign troops in Afghanistan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, Nov. 30 (ANI): In their latest ploy to cause maximum damage to international forces stationed in Afghanistan, the Taliban is using donkey ’suicide’ bombs to attack British troops in southern Afghanistan.Recently, a senior British Army officer and six other military personnel survived an attack when a ...
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• Exit Strategy

  
  Kings of War — Authority: 493
  In August, David Richards mused that the British army might be in Afghanistan for 40 years. Yesterday, the PM revealed his intention to turn provinces and districts over to the Afghans next year, paving the way for British troop withdrawals. Those two thoughts may be compatible, but only in the broadest ...
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• Prince Harry’s Afghanistan dreams ’smashed’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, November 29 (ANI): Prince Harry’s dreams of returning to front-line duty in Afghanistan have been smashed over security concerns.The Royal, who is training to pilot the meanest attack machine in the British Army, the Apache, served ten weeks in the 2007 Afghan War but was pulled out after his presence there ...
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• Try Blair for War Crimes: General Sir Michael Rose Echoes BNP Demand

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 611
  Retired British Army General Sir Michael Rose has echoed the demand first made by the British National Party for Tony Blair to be prosecuted for war crimes trials following the illegal and immoral invasion of Iraq. Writing in a daily newspaper today, Sir Michael used the language that the BNP has already been using ...
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• Hostility between British and American military leaders revealed

  
  Don Vandergriff — Authority: 404
  The deep hostility of Britain’s senior military commanders in Iraq towards their American allies has been revealed in classified Government documents leaked to the Daily Telegraph. By Andrew Gilligan Telegraph Published: 10:00PM GMT 22 Nov 2009 ...
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• NATO has lost its way in Afghanistan, admits British Army Chief

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, Nov. 28 (ANI): The head of the British Army, General Sir David Richards, has acknowledged that NATO forces have lost their way in Afghanistan, and that they needed to rediscover the moral and physical conviction to succeed against the Taliban.The Chief of the General Staff was comparing NATO’s initial ...
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• ‘Indian Idol’ winner Prashant Tamang forays into Nepali movies

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  By Sudeshna SarkarKathmandu, Nov 26 (IANS) He started his career as a cop and in 2007 shot to fame when he won the popular music contest “Indian Idol”. Now Prashant Tamang has hit the headlines once again by “joining” the British Gurkhas and “tying the knot”.The 26-year-old from Darjeeling has been camping ...
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• Nepali grandpa wrests Everest title from Japanese samurai

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  By Sudeshna SarkarKathmandu, Nov 23 (IANS) A 78-year-old grandfather from Nepal has wrested back from his Japanese rival the record of being the oldest man to conquer Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world, at the age of 76.Min Bahadur Sherchan, a former soldier in the British Army who quit his job to become [...]
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• Lieutenant Paddy Rice luckiest soldier in Afghanistan after Taliban sniper shooting

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  British Army officer, Lieutenant Paddy Rice, has been described as "the luckiest soldier in Afghanistan" after surviving being shot by a Taliban sniper. video at link Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
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• War veteran blasts Griffin for hijacking repatriation

  
  Kirklees Unity Exposing the Far Right — Authority: 139
  . A DORSET war veteran has accused British National Party leader Nick Griffin of hijacking last weeks repatriation of six soldiers killed in Afghanistan. William Davis-Sellick, aged 75, was among a number of Devonshire and Dorset Regiment veterans who joined the grieving families of the soldiers to fly ...
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• Iraq report: Secret papers reveal blunders and concealment

  
  Op For — Authority: 426
  One may find the following articles which appear in the Daily Telegraph of interest. There are several links to other articles on the British Military and the problems it faces contained therein and I commend those also.
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• Iraq report: Secret papers reveal blunders and concealment

  
  Op For — Authority: 426
  One may find the following articles which appear in the Daily Telegraph of interest. There are several links to other articles on the British Military and the problems it faces contained therein and I commend those also.
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• Band of Lovers

  
  The Final Redoubt — Authority: 438
  Ten British servicewomen on operations in Afghanistan have been sent back to the UK in the past six months after becoming pregnant. ... The source insisted it would be ‘difficult’ for Servicewomen to become pregnant in Afghanistan because very few troops had private bedrooms. That last statement... ...
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• Pregnancy in the Army: 10 female soldiers sent back home to have babies

  
  Baby Chums — Authority: 492
  10 pregnant female British soldiers have been sent back home from operations during the past six months, though it’s unclear how many of the 10 became pregnant after being sent to war in Afghanistan. Despite having no private bedrooms, the MoD, (Ministry of Defence) is likely to investigate whether breaches of ...
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• How Blair’s lie led to ‘failed’ British mission in Iraq

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, Nov. 22 (ANI): The British mission in Iraq faced “critical failure” because former Prime Minister Tony Blair misled the nation by claiming that Britain’s objective was “disarmament, not regime change” and that concealment constrained the planning process for the military action, according to secret ...
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• Are We Overpaying On Our Afghan Bribes?

  
  The New Republic - the stash Feed — Authority: 138
  Mike Allen highlights an interesting piece from the Times of London  in todays Playbook . Apparently the British army has just released new counter-insurgency guidelines with an emphasis on bribing potential Taliban recruits in Afghanistan: "Addressing the issue of paying off the locals, the new manual states ...
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• We tortured Iraqi prisoners to avenge our troops’ killing, says convicted British soldier

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, Nov. 17 (ANI): A former corporal in the British Army, who is accused of the brutal beating and torture of Iraqi prisoners, has said that he acted out of revenge over the killing of four UK soldiers.Donald Payne, 35, told a public inquiry that he tortured Iraqis to avenge the murder of three Royal [...]
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• Britain’s Abu Ghraib: Did Britain Collude with US in Abuse of Iraqis?

  
  Haqeeqat.Org — Authority: 428
  Claims that British soldiers recreated the torture conditions of Abu Ghraib to commit the sexual and physical abuse of Iraqi civilians are being investigated by the Ministry of Defence. The fresh allegations raise important questions about collusion between Britain and America over the ill-treatment of Iraqi prisoners ...
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