Afghan Policeman Shoots Five UK Soldiers Dead
A "rogue" Afghan policeman has shot dead five British servicemen after conducting a patrol with the troops in Helmand province.
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Afghan Policeman Shoots Five UK Soldiers Dead A "rogue" Afghan policeman has shot dead five British servicemen after conducting a patrol with the troops in Helmand province.
He killed the soldiers, three from the Grenadier Guards and two from the Royal Military Police, during a debrief in the Nad-e'Ali district yesterday afternoon before fleeing. He has yet to be found. The Ministry of Defence confirmed all the soldiers' next of kin have been informed. From Helmand, British Forces spokesman Colonel Wakefield told Sky News: "At the moment, it would appear an individual Afghan policeman ... started firing inside the checkpoint before fleeing the scene." He said two parallel investigations by Afghan authorities and Britain's Royal Military Police will now take place. Sky News chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay, also in Helmand, said the incident came after British troops had placed more responsibility in the country's authorities. "They've been allowing the police to do a lot of the work on their own," he said. As a rule, they can trust the army, the police have always been a question mark. They will hope he is just a rogue but there is concern there is more like him. Stuart Ramsay on British troops working with Afghan authorities "They've been out on patrol, they've been doing their debrief, it appears then that this Afghan opened up when they were inside." Ramsay said the incident would force British troops to re-examine the trust invested in their Afghan colleagues. "As a rule, they can trust the army, the police have always been a question mark," he said. "They will hope he is just a rogue but there is concern there are more like him." British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "The death of five brave soldiers in a single incident is a terrible loss. "They fought to make Afghanistan more secure, but above all to make Britain safer from the terrorism and extremism which continues to threaten us from the border areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan." In Kabul, former Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah told Sky News' correspondent Alex Crawford: "It's a very tragic incident. This is the last thing one would want to hear." FORMER MINISTER: IT'S TIME TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN
He said the incident represented an "absolute failure" of those in charge of recruitment to the police force and accepted there may be "endemic corruption" within their ranks. Mr Abdullah added the instability within the forces was "a consequence of the failures on the Afghan side in the past eight years". Afghan authorities confirmed a policeman was responsible for the lone attack. The five deaths bring this year's figure to 94 - making 2009 the bloodiest year for the armed forces since the Falklands War in 1982. The death toll in Afghanistan since the conflict began in 2001 now stands at 229. The announcement came as a former Foreign Office minister broke ranks from Government policy on Afghanistan by calling for the majority of Britain's troops to leave the country. Kim Howells, who now chairs the Intelligence and Security Committee, said the money saved by a phased withdrawal could be redirected to fighting security threats at home. He admitted his "Fortress Britain" strategy would inevitably involve "more intrusive surveillance in certain communities". The Pontypridd MP, who strongly supported the war in Afghanistan while at the FCO from 2005-08, insisted that he was speaking personally and not on behalf of the Prime Minister-appointed ISC. The Prime Minister insisted he remained committed to ensuring his country's troops had "the best possible support and equipment - and the right strategy, backed by our international partners, and by a new Afghan government ready to play its part in confronting the challenges Afghanistan faces."
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yes evil british goverment just out for their own ends, brown seizing the oppurtunity for a photo shoot in remembrance garden, oh how sincere he would have looked had it not been uncovered,thick brit soldiers dropping like flies in these serious times of war & liberty,a sincere apology to the widow of 1 after he got his name wrong,you'd think he'd be abit more honest & understanding, oh no siezed the oppurtunity to look sincere , disrespectful piece of shit, carry on believing this wars just
and as for invading iraq, saddam had usa's backing when he gassed the kurds, only did they turn on him when he refused to be their bitch, then they use the term liberate , let him gas kurds then when he wont play ball mug british soldiers into thinkin they r fightin a just war, replace 1 regime with another identical regime thick british public , thick brit soldier, evil british goverment,ur relationship with ur goverment is like that of a child locked away by media & spin,we know the truth
the same brit army in ww1 were terrorising the irish, hitler was right up usa & britains xmas card list regardless of killin jews cos he was against communism like brit n usa( he was on the front cover of time magazine ) only when he started threatening britain did brit go to war, back to my point thick british cannon fodder fighting for a facist britain against a facist germany, any1 who serves in the british army is either a facist or an idiot,your king resided with his uncle whos nazi' SS
@live4ever88, No. I think you'll find Northern Irelan has always been Scottish. The empire of Dál Riata Scoti or Scotti "Scottish" was the generic Latin name used by the Romans to describe those who sailed from Ireland to conduct raids on Roman Britain.
The Irish had a tiny little area around Dublin and there was next to nothing between. So dont write rubbish. orhthern Irelands alwats been more British than Irish
You haven't a clue about Ireland obviously so do yourself a favour and try and educate yourself before making nonsenical comments. The island of Ireland is Irish,surprise surprise,along with all our Islands and territorial waters,britain is an island on our easterm side,now there is a bit of basic geography for you
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Hark at you crying about the use of a few nukes on a country that attacked your own.
Id have you hung for less.
No.
I think you'll find Northern Irelan has always been Scottish.
The empire of Dál Riata
Scoti or Scotti "Scottish" was the generic Latin name used by the Romans to describe those who sailed from Ireland to conduct raids on Roman Britain.
The Irish had a tiny little area around Dublin and there was next to nothing between.
So dont write rubbish. orhthern Irelands alwats been more British than Irish
The island of Ireland is Irish,surprise surprise,along with all our Islands and territorial waters,britain is an island on our easterm side,now there is a bit of basic geography for you
Whicjh means the Scottish controlled Northern Ireland.
While Irelands Natives came from Munster.
It was the Vikings who created Dublin. Not the Irish.
The Island Ireland is not Irish.
Its in the British isles making it British.
Bit of Geography and history for you.
Enjoy.