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People of Woolwich Will Defy the Far-Right and Come Together Over Killing of a Soldier Son

Martin Newman | Posted 23.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Soldiers, Woolwich, Woolwich Attack, Terrorism, Afghanistan War, UK Politics, UK Crime, UK News
Martin Newman

The people of Woolwich and nearby Plumstead have a strong bond with the army, one forged as much from living cheek to jowl as through mutual suffering... The EDL and its rally last night in the town centre will hold no sway over the response of the community in dealing with this horrific crime.

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Now Afghan Interpreters CAN Come To Britain

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Asylum Seekers, UK News, Afghan Interpreters, Afghanistan, UK Armed Forces, Afghanistan War, UK News

Around 600 Afghan interpreters are to be offered the chance to settle in Britain after an apparent coalition rethink. About half the staff working ...

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How Bismarck - Like Liberal Arts - Can Teach Us How To Think

Jeffrey Gedmin | Posted 19.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Leadership, Strategy, Military, Liberal Arts Education, Otto Von Bismarck, Afghanistan War, UK News
Jeffrey Gedmin

Think of Bismarck and you probably think of authority and discipline, hierarchy and order. The name conjures up images of the generously moustached, r...

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The Mastiff Isn't Unsafe - What Are the Real Question That the Media Should Be Asking?

Alex Ford | Posted 02.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Mastiff, British Troops Afghanistan, British Troops, Afghanistan, Ied, Afghanistan War, Explosions, UK Media, UK Politics News
Alex Ford

Let's be clear on something here. The Mastiff is STILL the safest form of transport. The news should not be about the failure of the Mastiff to protect the troops travelling inside, but more about the fact that the insurgents had built a massive bomb capable of beating the armour of a Mastiff.

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'I Have Lost The Love Of My Life And The Father Of Our Son'

PA | Posted 01.05.2013 | UK
Read More: UK Military, UK News, Taliban, British Army, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, UK News

Three British soldiers killed when an explosion hit their armoured vehicle in Afghanistan have been named. They were Corporal William Savage and Fu...

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Plane Crash Kills Four In Afghanistan

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK
Read More: UK News, Afghanistan, Isaf, Nato, Afghan War, Afghanistan War, International Security Assistance Force, UK News

A plane crash in southern Afghanistan has killed four members of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force. The identities of the four h...

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Bradley Manning - A Case of Whistleblower Reprisal

Rita Pal | Posted 12.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Freedom of the Press, Whistleblower Reprisal, Pentagon, Pentagon Whistleblowing, Free Press Foundation, US Army Whistleblowing, Iraq War, Court Martial, Bradley Manning, John Cusack, Iraq Body Count, Barack Obama, US Government, Whistleblower, Afghanistan War, Reprisal, UK Politics News
Rita Pal

This is the 21st Century; witch hunting the whistleblower should be an outdated pastime. The Obama administration should develop the insight that the justified concerns raised by a whistleblower have to be investigated and those allegedly responsible for war crimes bought to justice.

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Eastleigh and The Rivers of Blood

Jawad Yaqub | Posted 05.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Bnp, Chancellor George Osborne, Labour Party, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, European Union, Immigration, George Osborne, Prime Minister David Cameron, Recession, Afghanistan War, Eastleigh, Iraq War, Immigration Reform, Ed Balls, Conservatives, UK Conservative Party, Nigel Farage, Romania, Edl, Enoch Powell, Ed Milliband, Europe, Triple Dip Recession, AAA Rating, Liberal Democrats, UK Politics News
Jawad Yaqub

Nigel Farage was quipping that the Tories split the UKIP vote in Eastleigh - ouch. With the recent decline of the BNP and soon to be expired incarceration of the EDL leader Stephen Lennon - their masses of frustrated followers have found their mouthpiece in Farrage.

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Beyond War: A Chance for Peace in a Changing World

Ben G. Jones | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Iraq War, War on Terror, Globalisation, War, Racism, Prejudice, Peace, Cambridge, Afghanistan War, Conversations on Campus, UK Students, UK Universities & Education News
Ben G. Jones

The history of humanity is a history of conflict. For all of recorded history, tribe has fought tribe, kingdom has fought kingdom, empire has fought empire.

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This House Would Fight for Queen And Country

The Cambridge Union Society | Posted 13.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Iraq War, UK Military, US Military, War on Terror, Cambridge Union, Afghanistan War, UK Students, UK Universities & Education News
The Cambridge Union Society

It is not sufficient to say 'I would die for a country', for it is never a country that sends people into battle. It is politicians - people - who are often immoral and frequently incorrect.

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'In 2013 I Want To Do More Royal Stuff'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Prince Harry, Prince Harry Naked Photos, UK News, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, UK News

Prince Harry has arrived back in the UK after his tour of duty in Afghanistan and says in 2013 he wants to do "more Royal stuff." The 28-year-old A...

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Harry: Prince of Propaganda

Mark Borkowski | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: British Royals, Military, Royal Family, Afghanistan, UK Armed Forces, Foreign Affairs, Call of Duty, Public Relations, Prince Harry, Diplomacy, Pr, Afghanistan War, UK Politics News
Mark Borkowski

From Las Vegas to Camp Bastion, Harry's headlines - both good and bad - build a modern heroic monomyth around him. He may be a professional soldier - but am I alone in preferring to read about his rock 'n' roll hedonism rather than this latest "I killed in Afghanistan" meme?

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The World's Largest Opium Supplier, and the Truth Behind Drug Trafficking Death Sentences

Dr Raj Persaud | Posted 24.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Drug Trafficking, Capital Punishment, Harry Wales, Afghanistan, Prince Harry, Death Penalty, Drugs, War on Drugs, Afghanistan War, Lindsay Sandiford, UK Lifestyle News
Dr Raj Persaud

Those in favour of capital punishment point out that if it's so obvious it's worse than life imprisonment, then this harsher consequence should logically be a stronger deterrent to criminals. This is a major justification for the death penalty.

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Should Prince Harry Have 'Boasted' About Taliban Killing?

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Prince Harry, Prince Harry Naked Photos, UK Royal Family, UK News, Royal Family, Afghanistan, Prince Harry Photos, Afghanistan War, UK News

Is Prince Harry a hero, desperate to do his duty, or a privileged young man boasting about slaying Taliban fighters like video game villains? The p...

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'It Is A Pain In The A*** Being Stuck In Bastion'

PA | Posted 21.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Prince Harry Naked Photos, UK News, Royal Family, Afghanistan, Prince Harry, UK Royal Family, Prince Harry Photos, Camp Bastion, Afghanistan War, UK News

Being "stuck in Bastion" was a common complaint for Prince Harry during his second deployment to Afghanistan. The 28-year-old royal, who spent 20 w...

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'As Normal As It Gets'

PA | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Prince Harry, Prince Harry Naked Photos, UK Royal Family, UK News, Royal Family, Afghanistan, Prince Harry Photos, Afghanistan War, UK News

Working in Afghanistan was "as normal as it's going to get" for Prince Harry. Away from camera lenses, media speculation and royal engagements, he ...

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'Take A Life To Save A Life'

PA | Posted 23.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Prince Harry, Prince Harry Naked Photos, UK Royal Family, UK News, Royal Family, Afghanistan, Prince Harry Photos, Afghanistan War, UK News

Prince Harry has confirmed he killed Taliban insurgents during his latest tour of Afghanistan. As a gunner in Apache attack helicopters, the royal ...

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PICTURES: Bond Visits Bastion

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Camp Bastion Daniel Craig, UK News, Daniel Craig James Bond, Daniel Craig Skyfall, James Bond Afghanistan, Daniel Craig, James Bond Daniel Craig, Afghanistan War, Camp Bastion, UK News

James Bond, a commander in the Royal Navy, found himself addressing members of a rival service during a visit to Camp Bastion over the weekend. Act...

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University Remembrance Day Disgrace

Richard Pass | Posted 11.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Student Politics, World War I, Armed Forces, University of London, Remembrance Day, UK Universities, World War II, Afghanistan War, UK Students, Armistice Day, UK Universities & Education News
Richard Pass

Daniel Cooper, as acting President of the University of London Union (ULU), has brought shame on himself and the 120 000 students he is supposed to represent by refusing to place a wreath on their behalf at a remembrance service in London last Sunday.

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Remembering Afghanistan: Attitudes and Support Amongst the British Public

Rachael Gribble | Posted 09.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Public Opinion, UK Armed Forces, Afghan War, Remembrance Day, Afghanistan War, Ww1, Army, Wwii, Navy, UK News
Rachael Gribble

Despite opposition to the Afghanistan mission, the public holds their Armed Forces in high esteem and understands what is potentially at stake in the campaign. We can therefore be fairly confident that on this Remembrance Sunday, the efforts of the UK's Armed Forces troops, and those we have lost, will continue to be warmly remembered, and appreciated, by the British public.

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Has Harry Forgotten How To Use A Phone?

PA | Posted 08.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Prince Harry, Prince Harry Naked Photos, UK Royal Family, UK News, Prince Charles, Royal Family, UK Royals, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, UK News

Prince Harry has phoned home from the front line in Afghanistan three times, the Prince of Wales revealed today. Like any other serviceman away on ...

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Is Obama Lucky or Unlucky?

Gareth Edmundson | Posted 02.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Bill Clinton, Congress, John McCain, National Debt, Hurricane Sandy, 2012 Election, Economy, Sarah Palin, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Poll, Iraq, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Luck, US Politics, UK Politics News
Gareth Edmundson

I know the case for 'Obama is lucky' has been getting more attention recently but I am not so sure the argument is conclusive.

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'Fiercely Loyal, Calm, Caring'

PA | Posted 31.10.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Army, UK News, Deaths-in-Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, UK Armed Forces, The Royal Gurkha Rifles, Gurkhas, Afghanistan War, UK News

Two British soldiers shot dead by a man wearing Afghan police uniform were named today as Lieutenant Edward Drummond-Baxter and Lance Corporal Siddhan...

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The Greening Agenda: Women in Afghanistan?

Melanie Ward | Posted 26.12.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: House of Commons, Foreign Aid, Women's Rights, Violence Against Women, International Development, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Dfid, Justine Greening, Domestic Violence, Afghanistan War, UK Politics News
Melanie Ward

It is time for Justine Greening and the UK government to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to supporting women in Afghanistan. They must follow Australia's lead and make a sizeable new financial commitment to help end the shocking abuse of women.

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Court Releases Marines Charged With Murder Of Afghan

PA | Posted 22.10.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Military, UK News, Afghanistan Insurgents, Afghanistan, Afghan Insurgents, Royal Marines Murder, Royal Marines, Afghanistan War, UK News

Five Royal Marines charged with murder following an incident in Afghanistan have been released from custody. The marines had been held in military ...

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