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“last three years”
“Some 295 British service personnel have died in Afghanistan since military operations there began in 2001”
“Some 32 Nato troops, including three Britons, have been killed since last Sunday”
“Britain's most senior military officer will quit in the autumn, before the end of his term in April 2011, Defence Secretary Liam Fox has said.”
“Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup has been chief of the defence staff since 2006 and was asked to extend his term by the previous government.”
“Permanent Under Secretary Sir Bill Jeffrey has been in his post since 2005.”
“Last week was one of the worst for Nato forces in Afghanistan since the start of the war. Some 32 Nato troops, including three Britons, have been killed since last Sunday.”
“But we can't ignore the role of the professional heads in the form of the CDS (chief of defence staff) and the PUS (permanent under-secretary), who advise our ministers on what the armed forces should look like and what they do. He said it…”
“The LSE report comes at the end of one of the deadliest weeks for Nato troops in Afghanistan, with more than 30 soldiers killed.”
“Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, one of the founders of Hamas's military wing, was found dead in a Dubai hotel on 20 January.”
“initial deployment of around 3,300 troops to Helmand - a figure which has since increased to about 10,000.”
“Washington uses the base about 300km (190 miles) from Osh for US operations in Afghanistan”
“Two years ago the audio-book scheme was also 'adopted' by the army, navy and RAF to help keep parents in touch with their families when they are away on active service.”
“the controversial investigation into the deaths of four young soldiers at Deepcut Barracks.”
“On 12 June 1940, about 10,000 men of the division were captured at St Valery-en-Caux along with thousands of French soldiers.”
“Just over 14-years-old, he joined up by lying about his age.”
“Historians increasingly concede that the 'Forgotten 51st' was deliberately left behind as a third of a million were brought out at Dunkirk.”
“After St Valery, the 51st Highland Division was reconstituted and fought at El Alamein in Africa and defeated Rommel and his troops.”
“The Parry's son, Tom, is an officer with 2nd Battalion the Rifles, who spent a tour in Sangin in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, last year”
“The Burmese government labelled the allegations "baseless accusations" based on the information from army deserters, fugitives and dissidents.”
“It said Burma was a peace loving country with "no intention to possess nuclear weapons as military power."”
“The DVB documentary featured Major Sai Thein Win, who said he had been part of engineering unit developing a nuclear reactor and rocket engine parts in a military facility.”
“The Burmese government said Mr Sai was Russia-trained but not a major and had deserted from the army in February.”
“Maj Christopher Ham founded the Rutland-based 104 Military Working Dog Support Unit.”
“Treo, a black Labrador based at the North Luffenham barracks in Rutland, was this year awarded the Dickin Medal - the animal version of the Victoria Cross - for twice finding hidden bombs in Helmand province.”
“Wounded veteran Maj Packer, 37, who was left paralysed from the waist down by a rocket attack in Iraq in 2008, said he was "humbled" to learn of his MBE.”
“It has been my honour to provide them with loving, caring, dedicated and positive support in what is a very dark time for them,”
“The Cold War submarine commander, who took up his post last July, recently warned staff to prepare for surprises...”
“Maj Gen Andrew Gregory, in overall charge of Army personnel, was made a Companion in the Order of the Bath...”
“AVM Dixon served in the Falkland Islands, Northern Ireland, Rwanda, former Yugoslavia and Kosovo.”
“A Royal Navy warship has returned to Portsmouth after a seven-month deployment to the Falkland Islands and the South Atlantic.”
“HMS York, a type 42 destroyer, was on patrol when tensions rose between the UK and Argentina about exploratory oil drilling off the Falklands.”
“The ship also assisted tanker RFA Wave Ruler to support an RAF helicopter rescue of an ill trawler man.”
“Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said Moscow will freeze the sale of surface-to-air missiles to Iran, according to French officials.”
“attacks by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan this month have killed at least 30 Nato soldiers, 20 of them Americans”
“Nato accounts for the vast majority of the 130,000 foreign soldiers currently deployed”
“the Kandahar operation would move at a slower pace than planned”
“Nato is making progress "slowly, but steadily and sustainably"”
“the signs of progress are tentative at this point, that they are almost anecdotal”
“I still believe that it's a realistic goal that the transition process can start by the end of the year”
“Police said Kissane admitted he had never served in the armed forces and that he bought the Royal Marines' pin.”
“President Felipe Calderon, who has deployed thousands of troops to the worst-affected regions along the US-Mexico border, issued a statement condemning the latest shootings.”
“One of those who came forward was a former Royal Navy sailor, who told the inquiry he was a quartermaster in the Official IRA in 1972.”
“The witness, known as Provisional IRA Man 1, said he was angry because he believed that there had been an agreement there would be no shooting at the Army on that day. He said the Official IRA man argued that he only fired after the Army h…”
“The witness, known as RM1, said he remembered feeling "very angry" because of the risk to the crowd. He said he was watching a number of young men stoning a small barricade in the area of Little James Street when he heard a shot which seem…”
“In a emotive submission, Lord Gifford QC put it to the Inquiry that Jim Wray was murdered by a death squad of four soldiers, and the particular circumstances of his death were an "atrocity".”
“The Saville Inquiry sat in London for most of 2003, hearing evidence from soldiers who said they could not come to Derry because of fears for their safety.”
“Among them was Soldier F, who admitted killing Michael Kelly, Barney McGuigan and Paddy Doherty and an unidentified man, who may have been William McKinney.”
“Documents released under the 30-year-rule at the start of the year revealed that Mr Heath, was warned days before Bloody Sunday that soldiers sent to the city had already "over-reacted" at civil rights protests.”
“One of the soldiers, Soldier F, was told he faces allegations of murdering at least four people on Bloody Sunday.”
“He said he fired two shots from a pistol at soldiers in armoured cars and got out of the area quickly.”
“In September the inquiry entered a new phase when it moved to London to hear evidence from 36 soldiers who refused to come to Derry because of fears for their safety.”
“army officials agreed nail bombs were planted on 17-year-old Gerard Donaghey, who died on Bloody Sunday.”
“the soldiers did not report that they had shot two people before moving into the Bogside”
“two soldiers were probably responsible for eight or 10 of the deaths”
“He said he was 'extremely sad' about the deaths, and there was nothing to be proud of about Bloody Sunday.”
“Major General Pat MacLellan, who passed on the orders on the day, said the soldiers did not report that they had shot two people before moving into the Bogside, and did not tell them they had fired a large number of shots until the main sh…”
“Major Michael Steele, who passed on the orders on the day, said the soldiers did not report that they had shot two people before moving into the Bogside, and did not tell them they had fired a large number of shots until the main shooting …”
“He said two soldiers were probably responsible for eight or 10 of the deaths.”
“He also said the soldiers were ready to lie about the use of live gunfire to protect themselves.”
“But the journalist said he concluded the IRA had fired several shots at soldiers after the main burst of firing from the army.”
“Another journalist, Kieran Gill from the Irish Press, said an Official IRA man told him he fired several shots from the doorway of Rossville Flats to keep the army away.”
“Shortly before the hearings began, the Ministry of Defence admitted that 14 of the 29 rifles believed to have been fired on the day had been destroyed and another 10 had been sold.”
“Other witness accounts suggested that the army had no justification whatsoever for shooting dead 17-year-old Jackie Duddy, the first victim of the day.”
“One of the first witnesses admitted he had thrown stones at soldiers but believed that the first two people killed were not involved in the disturbances.”
“Early evidence also suggested that one of the soldiers may have broken live firing rules.”
“Two soldiers who checked the body of 17-year-old Gerard Donaghey found no explosive devices.”
“The inquiry also heard that the police concluded that the first killing had been murder - but no soldier had been held to account.”
“In April 2000, the inquiry heard that the Official IRA had fired six shots - but not until the army had started shooting.”
“In September 2000 the IRA released a tape to the inquiry saying that it was a recording of a bugged conversation between army personnel on Bloody Sunday.”
“Army allegations that the IRA may have spirited away bodies of the dead were rejected in November 2000.”
“The 10, who include a teenager, were captured by Dutch navy commandos after an attack on a German cargo ship, MV Taipan, off the Somali coast in April.”
“The HMIC report on civil contingency planning was released to the BBC under the Freedom of Information Act. An HMIC report on Civil Contingency Planning by Forces in England and Wales says the inspectors looked at 22 forces which were seen…”
“It found that one in 10 forces did not have "robust plans to mobilise officers" while more than 40% "failed adequately to test these plans in exercises".”
“Half the forces had not conducted "no notice" exercises - seen as the best way to test the response of officers to civil emergencies - within the previous 12 months”
“"In all forces reviewed, a terrorist attack is a possibility," the September 2009 report said.”
“At one force the chief officer had not attended a key regional contingency planning meeting for over a year - breaching Association of Chief Police Officer's (Acpo) minimum standards”
“The 22 forces have not been named by HMIC, but other forces believed to have been involved in the inspection were: Lancashire, South Yorkshire, Humberside, West Midlands and the Metropolitan Police.”
“It said as a matter of urgency Acpo should, with the support of the Home Office, "map out accurately the ability of forces to support one another at major incidents or events, and at the Olympics".”
“the army had shot dead 13 protestors in Londonderry”
“About 75% of the supplies needed by the 130,000 US-led international troops in Afghanistan are transported by land from the Pakistani port of Karachi.”
“Tuesday's attack is the most brazen to be carried out by militants in Islamabad, although since September 2008 Nato convoys have been regularly targeted in Balochistan and in the cities of Karachi and Peshawar.”
“Pte Monk joined the Army aged 16”
“The memorial service was held at All Saints Church on Thursday evening. Marine Hotine died on 2 June in an explosion in Sangin, Helmand, while on foot patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers. The bodies of Marine Hotine, Cpl Terry Webste…”
“Marine Hotine died on 2 June in an explosion in Sangin, Helmand, while on foot patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers.”
“He was recalled and detained for "insubordination", spokesman Jill Rutaremara told the BBC.”
“They left Rwanda earlier this year after falling out with President Paul Kagame, who later reshuffled the military leadership ahead of elections due in August.”
“Brig-Gen Kazura was put in charge of training and operations after the reshuffle.”
“He was also involved in the military campaign conducted by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) to end the 1994 genocide, as were two other top-ranking officers arrested in April.”
“He pointed to the finding of the first Bloody Sunday inquiry, conducted by Lord Widgery in 1972, which found that four people shot dead in Glenfada Park had posed no threat to soldiers.”
“Lord Widgery found those shootings 'bordered on the reckless' and that one of the soldiers who fired 19 shots had not been telling the truth about his actions.”
“The people directly affected by all of this - the families of those killed and injured, and the soldiers - have waited a long time for this report, and speculation of this kind only adds to the stress and anxiety that they must all feel.”
“The Highways Agency said it was jointly responsible for routine patrols with the police.”
“It called for the Battle of Britain memorial flight, which celebrates the sacrifice of those who flew during World War II, to be spared in any defence cuts. ... who began a petition which closed recently with backing from more than 17,000 …”
“the eight injured people were taken to a hospital run by Nato troops.”
“at least 30 Nato troops have been killed in Afghanistan, 20 of them US service members.”
“expel 130,000 foreign troops based there.”
“He told the AP news agency that the eight injured people were taken to a hospital run by Nato troops.”
“So far this month at least 30 Nato troops have been killed in Afghanistan, 20 of them US service members.”
“On Wednesday insurgents shot down a US helicopter over Helmand - another southern province - killing four American troops.”
