DEAD TROOPS TO BE NAMED; Number killed in Afghanistan passes 200.MORE British troops killed in Afghanistan were to be named today after the death toll for the campaign passed 200. The Ministry of Defence announced last night that another three soldiers Three Soldiers is a 1920[1] novel by the American writer and critic John Dos Passos. It is one of the key American war novels of the First World War, and remains a classic of the realist war novel genre. H.L. had lost their lives in a Taliban attack - meaning that eight have been killed in just four days. The toll now stands at 204 since operations began in 2001. And further light was due to be shed on the scale of casualties suffered by UK armed forces with official injury figures due to be published this morning. Gordon Brown expressed his ''sorrow'' that the grim milestone had been reached, but insisted the mission in Afghanistan was ''vital''. ''Three quarters of the terrorist plots that hit Britain derive from the mountain areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan and it is to make Britain and the rest of the world safe that we must make sure we honour our commitment to maintain a stable Afghanistan,'' he told reporters. Tory leader David Cameron  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. said UK troops and their families had
endured a ''harsh weekend''.
''The latest deaths are yet another reminder of the debt we owe to our Armed Forces,'' he said. The latest three soldiers to lose their lives were from The 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division. The regiment was formed on April 23, 1968, as part of the reforms of the army that saw the creation of the first 'large infantry regiments', by the amalgamation of the . They were attacked while on patrol near Sangin in Helmand Province yesterday morning, according to the MoD. The 200th and 201st casualties were due to be named today. Over the weekend the MoD also named three British troops killed providing security for a meeting ahead of Afghanistan's crunch presidential elections. Lance Bombardier Matthew Hatton, 23, of 40th Regiment Royal Artillery, was wounded in the initial attack in Sangin on Thursday. Captain Mark Hale, 42, and Rifleman Daniel Wild, 19, originally reported by the MoD as being from Hartlepool but in fact from Easington in County Durham, both from 2nd Battalion The Rifles, were carrying him to a helicopter landing zone A specified ground area for landing assault helicopters to embark or disembark troops and/or cargo. A landing zone may contain one or more landing sites. Also called HLZ. when a second explosion, killed L/Bdr Hatton and Rfn Wild. Capt Hale died later in hospital. |
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