Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that a British Soldier was killed today in Afghanistan, the soldier was from the " 3rd Battalion The RIFLES, serving with 3 RIFLES Battle Group ". Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 278 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 245 in combat operations and 33 due to illness, accidents or other incidents. This month alone the UK has lost twelve soldiers, there comes a point that this level of attrition can not be supported by UK Armed Forces, this does not in account those that have been injured while out in Afghanistan. The UK should draw a new field battle plan for UK forces in Afghanistan, let the US get closer if they want to the Afghan People, lets build some distance between our forces and the people if this is the level of cost to our Armed Forces.