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British soldiers sexually abused us, claim Iraqis
Basra :: Iraq | 10 days ago
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In one case, British soldiers are accused of piling Iraqi prisoners on top of each other and subjecting them to electric shocks, an echo of the abuse at the notorious US detention centre that came to light in 2004. Lawyers and human rights groups warned...
Tags: Iraqi, Britain, British Ministry of Defence, iraq abuses, Bill Rammell Fresh, British Army, British Ministry of Defense, notorious used, armed forces, forces minister, Iraq, Basra, Violence, Human rights abuses, Torture, Uses of torture in recent times, Occupation of Iraq, Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, Pedophilia, War Conflict, Politics, Military police of the United States, Prisoner of war camps, Torture in the United States, Abu Ghraib, Iraq prison abuse scandals, Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse, Human rights in Iraq, Baghdad Central Prison, Levant, Women in the military, Iraq ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Fertile Crescent
UN relocates Afghanistan staff to secure housing
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 19 days ago
Credibility Afghanistan — The Taliban scored another propaganda victory Thursday when the UN decided to relocate more than half of its foreign workers from Afghanistan because it had become too dangerous for them to continue to work there. The announcement of "short-term...
Tags: Gordon Brown, Afghanistan, Mr Brown, Helmand, prime minister, Britain, helmand province, U.N., public support, British Ministry of Defense
Somali pirates take UK couple off yacht
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 26 days ago
Credibility Paul and Rachel Chandler, both in their 50s, had left the Seychelles on their 38-foot yacht Lynn Rival and were believed to be sailing to Tanzania when they were hijacked on October 23. "After we understood the British navy might attack us, we took the...
Tags: Somalia Paul, Paul Chandler, Seychelles, Rachel Chandler, Tanzania, paul chandlers, British Ministry of Defense, Mr Chandler, Indian Ocean, uk couple
Soldier killed in Afghanistan had Military Cross
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago
Credibility The latest British soldier killed in Afghanistan had received one of the nation's highest awards for gallantry, it was revealed tonight. Acting Sergeant Michael Lockett, 29, from Monifieth in Angus, from 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment, died while...
Tags: Afghanistan British, Michael Lockett, British Ministry of Defense, soldiers killed, British Task Force, Military Cross Holder, rescue wounded, 2nd battalion, Helmand Province, sergeant michael, Afghanistan, Kabul
Fort Lewis soldier dies in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago
Credibility A Fort Lewis soldier from Maine has been killed in Afghanistan...The News Tribune of Tacoma reports he's the seventh soldier from the 5th Stryker brigade to be killed in the past two weeks. The 3,900-member brigade took over responsibility last month...
Tags: U.S. Afghanistan, Fort Lewis, Maine, Jordan Brochu, British Ministry of Defense, British Task Force, helmand provinces, Helmand Province, soldier died, John Baldacci
NATO soldiers injured, killed in Afghanistan
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 5 months ago
Credibility Taliban forces have launched further attacks on US-led forces in Afghanistan, leaving one foreign soldier killed and three others wounded...The Taliban claimed the responsibility for the blast in Kandahar's town of Arghandab, but the group's spokesman,...
Tags: Afghanistan, British Ministry of Defense, Kandahar, Black Watch, 3rd battalion, soldiers killing, near kandahar, Royal Regiment, southern afghanistan, Task Force Helmand
Chicken Tikka marches off to war
London :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
Credibility The Anglo-Indian dish that overtook 'fish and chips' long ago as the country's favourite food will join more exotic fare like 'chilli con carne' and 'vegetable korma' in army lunch boxes. Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan will no longer find traditional...
Tags: Afghanistan, Chicken Tikka, corned beef, rations packs, British Ministry of Defense, British Army, Taliban
British nuke test veterans file claims
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
Credibility Atomic and thermonuclear tests conducted by the British government in Australia 50 years ago caused a number of illnesses, atomic test veterans say. Nearly 1,000 of the estimated 25,000 British, Australian and New Zealand troops that took part in the...
Tags: nuclear test, New Zealand, British Ministry of Defence, South Pacific, test veterans, Australian, British Ministry of Defense
UK troops killed in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 10 months ago
Credibility A soldier from 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery and a marine from 45 Commando Royal Marines were killed by an explosion in Helmand Province. They were part of an operation against enemy forces on Wednesday night. Their deaths take the number of British...
Tags: Afghanistan, Commando Royal Marines, Task Force Helmand, British Ministry of Defence, Helmand Province, British Ministry of Defense, John Hutton (Labour MP), enemy force, Gereshk, tragic loss
Drivers halt Afghan supply route
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 11 months ago
Credibility Lorry drivers in north-west Pakistan say they will no longer deliver supplies to Nato and US-led forces in Afghanistan due to worsening security. The move follows a spate of hijackings and attacks on their vehicles by Taleban militants. At least 75% of...
Tags: Afghanistan, Helmand Province, Britain, British Ministry of Defense, Commando Royal Artillery, Gordon Brown, forward operating, highest rate, operating base, gereshk area
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