Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that another Soldier has died in combat, the Soldier was from the " The 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers " Thus the UK has now lost 155 soldiers in combat and 31 due to accidents, illness or other incidents. In total the UK has lost 186 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan. The MOD has also named the soldier that was killed on 16/7/09, the soldier was " Rifleman Aminiasi Toge, of 2nd Battalion The Rifles ". This month has been quite bloody for the UK Army, it has lost seventeen of its soldiers, the longer we are in Afghanistan the more deaths this blog will report. What is so hard to see is our brave soldiers doing the best job they can but not having the right kit, e.g Helicopters and land transport that can not be damaged by IED's, but also the Army's request for more troops has not been approved by the Brown Government. It has been argued by this blog and others that PM Gordon Brown wants to fight the War in Afghanistan on the cheap, thus his recent argument that Afghanistan itself supply more troops, good idea but have they been trained to the right standard. PM Gordon Brown has shown himself not to be a War Leader, he no David Lloyd George or Winston Churchill. If we are staying in Afghanistan the Armed Forces need the supplies they want, if Afghanistan matters that much to the security of the UK the Brown Government will have to dig deep in to its pockets to supply the Armed Forces.