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  • June 2008

    • First British Woman Killed in Afghanistan

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 18, 08 6:32 AM CDT

      First British Woman Killed in Afghanistan

      An attack on a British military convoy in Afghanistan killed four troops, including the first British female soldier to die since the conflict began. The soldiers died in an explosion in Helmand province, Afghanistan's most volatile region, reports the Guardian . British Foreign Secretary David Miliband expressed his "deepest condolences" and admitted that the situation in Afghanistan has become "grim." More »

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      Afghanistan  • British military  • David Miliband  • female troops

  • May 2008

    • Honor Killing Dad: 'Daughter Deserved Death'

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 11, 08 11:11 AM CDT

      Honor Killing Dad: 'Daughter Deserved Death'

      The Iraqi father who suffocated and stabbed his 17-year-old daughter has only one regret over her honor killing: That he didn't murder her "the instant her mother delivered her." "Speaking with a foreign solider, she lost what is the most precious thing for any woman," Abdel-Qader Ali tells the Guardian . More »

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      Iraq  • murder  • Basra  • British military  • Iraq police  • honor killings

  • April 2008

    • Prince Pilots Chopper to Gal Pal's Home

      newser  |  BBC  |  Apr 20, 08 5:50 AM CDT

      Prince Pilots Chopper to Gal Pal's Home

      British officials have defended allowing Prince William to land a military helicopter on a field next to the home of his girlfriend’s family after the media blasted it as “ridiculous and inappropriate,” the BBC reports. “This was a routine training sortie"—and no one entered or exited the chopper, said the Ministry of Defense. Wills' girlfriend Kate Middleton and her parents watched the landing from their home. More »

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      Prince William  • British military  • Kate Middleton  • Ministry of Defence  • Royal Air Force

    • Iraqi Troops Seize Sadr Stronghold

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 19, 08 9:11 AM CDT

      Iraqi Troops Seize Sadr Stronghold

      In a major new clash, Iraqi troops backed by American and British firepower today captured a stronghold of fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Basra, said Iraqi officials. In a show of force, American planes and British artillery attacked a deserted area outside the Sadr-controlled section of Hayaniya before Iraqi troops moved into the neighborhood and seized the center, Reuters reports. More »

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      Iraq war  • US military  • Baghdad  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Basra  • Sadr City  • Iraq Army  • British military

    • Brits Will Pay $4M to Iraqi Boy Paralyzed by Bullet

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 15, 08 5:48 AM CDT

      Brits Will Pay $4M to Iraqi Boy Paralyzed by Bullet

      Britain's Ministry of Defense has agreed to pay $4 million in compensation to an Iraqi boy accidentally shot by a British soldier, the Guardian reports. The boy, now 17, is paralyzed from severe spinal injuries inflicted when the soldier dropped his rifle at a Basra base in 2003. He is receiving round-the-clock care in Britain and will never be able to return to Iraq. More »

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      Iraq  • Basra  • British military  • British Army  • negligence  • Ministry of Defence  • compensation

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Media Leak Ends Harry's Afghan Mission

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Feb 29, 08 5:38 AM CST

      Media Leak Ends Harry's Afghan Mission

      Britain's defense ministry is setting up emergency plans to withdraw Prince Harry from his battalion in Afghanistan after yesterday's news leak that he had been stationed there. He has completed 10 weeks of what was supposed to be a four-month tour of duty in Helmand Province, reports the Times of London. The defense ministry lifted its media embargo on coverage of Harry's service after the Drudge Report, the German tabloid Bild and an Australian women's magazine reported the story. More »

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      Afghanistan  • media  • British royals  • Prince Harry  • British military  • Drudge Report  • Helmand province

    • UK Military Wives Freezing Husbands' Sperm

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 17, 08 7:35 PM CST

      UK Military Wives Freezing Husbands' Sperm

      More UK military wives are freezing their husbands' sperm before the men serve in the Middle East. One London fertility clinic expected interest from soldiers but was surprised by the "wives and girlfriends who want to have children should anything happen," a spokesman said. But servicemen must give consent before sperm storage, experts say, due to the high divorce rate among soldiers. More »

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      United Kingdom  • soldier  • fertility  • embryo  • British military  • sperm  • fertility clinic

  • January 2008
  • December 2007

    • After 5 Years, Brits Hand Over Basra to Iraqis

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 16, 07 6:16 AM CST

      After 5 Years, Brits Hand Over Basra to Iraqis

      Ending five years of British control in southern Iraq, the UK today handed over authority for the wealthy, populous Basra region to the Iraqi government. Residents greeted the handover with jubilation, but the responsibility for Basra—strategically located, an oil export hub and home of Iraq's only port—will prove a tough test for the Baghdad government, Reuters reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq pullout  • Basra  • British troops  • Iraq violence  • British military

    • UK Wants to Talk to Taliban

      newser  |  Independent (UK)  |  Dec 12, 07 8:13 AM CST

      UK Wants to Talk to Taliban

      Just back from Kabul, Gordon Brown is poised to announce a major strategic revision in Afghanistan that will involve dialogue with the Taliban. Senior British officials believe that treating the loose-knit organization as a unified terrorist actor is counterproductive, the Independent reports, and they want to move from fighting militants to talking to them. But the new strategy might cause tension between the UK and Washington hawks. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Bush administration  • Taliban  • London  • Gordon Brown  • White House  • terrorist  • Hamid Karzai  • Kabul  • British military

  • October 2007

    • NATO, Brits Accuse Iran of Arming Taliban

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Oct 4, 07 11:50 AM CDT

      NATO, Brits Accuse Iran of Arming Taliban

      NATO and the British military claim Iran is supplying Afghanistan's Taliban with the same equipment for explosive devices that it provides to Iraqi insurgents, the Telegraph writes. US Gen. Dan McNeill, the NATO commander in Afghanistan, said his forces discovered 50 roadside bombs and timers crossing the Iran-Afghanistan border in trucks last month; Iran denied the charges. More »

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      Iraq war  • Iran  • Afghanistan  • Taliban  • NATO  • British military

  • August 2007

    • After Uproar, Britain Reviews Asylum Policy

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Aug 8, 07 6:55 AM CDT

      After Uproar, Britain Reviews Asylum Policy

      A row over the fate of 91 Iraqi interpreters working for the British military took a new turn today, with the government promising to reexamine its refusal to grant them asylum. The Times of London, which broke the story on Tuesday, now reports that Gordon Brown has ordered a review of its asylum policy towards Iraqi translators, some of whom have faced torture and kidnapping for their alleged collaboration. More »

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      Iraq  • Gordon Brown  • kidnapping  • torture  • British military  • asylum  • interpreters  • Des Browne

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