Thursday, July 02, 2009

Deaths in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports on the death of two British Soldiers in Afghanistan on Wednesday. Of the 171 UK Armed Forces Personnel killed in Afghanistan, 142 have died in combat, while the other 29 have died due to accidents, illness or other incidents. These deaths will not be the last, lets hope the Obama surge of troops takes the pressure of UK forces, it can be expected that the Taliban/Terrorists will increase attacks in the lead up to Presidential Election in Afghanistan. As of today I still have not seen a plan to get UK forces out of Afghanistan, all I see is a holding strategy, and the hope the USA can clean up the mess.

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