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2010-09-25 Afghanistan

We may be beating the Taliban, but in Britain you'd never know it

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Posted by trailing wife 2010-09-25 09:13|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I suspect the spec ops ROE are the same as the regular units ROE, so they're not supposed to get caught violating them.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-09-25 10:31|| 2010-09-25 10:31|| Front Page Top

#2 The ROE can be adjusted to fit the particular operation. Read into that what you will.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-09-25 11:14|| 2010-09-25 11:14|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if it is this situation, plus the attrition caused by our UAVs and, probably, the Afghan special forces on the Pakistani side of the border, that has triggered the talk of a Pakistan revolution that we had an article about yesterday...

I am reminded of Rudyard Kipling's Kim, for some reason.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-09-25 13:54|| 2010-09-25 13:54|| Front Page Top

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