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The widow of army bomb disposal expert Olaf "Oz" Schmid today paid tribute to her "warrior" husband as his funeral took place with full military honours in his home city of Truro. Christina Schmid said her husband was a protector rather than a destroyer...
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His wife talks of her loss and shares his harrowing letters home Photos of Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid are held as his coffin passes through Wootton Bassett. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA She had never had the nightmare before. Her husband, Olaf "Oz"...
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But there is growing concern in London and in Nato governments about the time it is taking for the Obama administration to decide its strategy. "It's make your mind up time," one minister said. A Ministry of Defence source added: "Without a decision there...
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