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Sjt Scott lived in Edinburgh with his wife and two children The widow of a North Yorkshire soldier killed by a bomb in Afghanistan has paid tribute to him at his funeral. Serjeant Phillip Scott, 30, from Malton, died in Sangin...
Guardian journalist and author who wrote a bestseller about his Saharan travels Geoffrey Moorhouse, who has died aged 77, was a Guardian journalist of deep integrity who moved out of daily newspapers to write books on a variety...
Not everyone can love their country, but a diverse society can shape a new sense of shared belonging Olaf Schmid loved his country. His widow Christina conveyed this simple truth in a moving eulogy of her husband . But in...
Afghanistan's complex patchwork of success and failure is all a world away from the metropolitan commentators At the base of the 1st Battalion 5th US Marine Expeditionary Brigade at Garamsir in south Helmand they have a slogan...
The long delay over Afghanistan suggests that Barack Obama seems determined to conduct foreign policy in person IT IS the hardest call he has so far had to make, and he has taken his time doing it. On November 24th, after the...
Published Date: 27 November 2009 PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai has renewed his call to the Taleban to lay down its weapons and participate in rebuilding Afghanistan. Karzai's appeal comes two days after the reclusive Taleban leader,...
Published Date: 27 November 2009 THE grandmother of Dundee soldier Kevin Elliot, who died in Afghanistan, is to take a political stand against the war. Joan Humphreys' grandson was killed by insurgents while on foot patrol with...
A Military Operations news article Six weeks into his deployment to northern Afghanistan, Lance Bombardier Michael McClarence is using one of the Army's powerful artillery guns to keep the enemy's head down. Lance Bombardier...
A Defence Policy and Business news article Head of the Royal Navy, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, the First Sea Lord, has spoken today about how the Navy is supporting operations in Afghanistan and how Defence needs to think beyond...
near to Reading, Great Britain This office block was build a while ago but has been up for let ever since. SU7173 : Statue in Forbury Gardens, Reading Answer: apparently nothing! See "The Maiwand Lion in the Forbury Gardens...
