U.K. Muslims disrupt parade for soldiers returning from Iraq

To demonstrate against your returning soldiers for doing there service for country is a sad commentary." Britain's defense minister has condemned a group of Muslim anti-war demonstrators who disrupted a parade for soldiers returning home from...

Lankan forces capture strategic area in LTTE stronghold

The Sri Lankan forces have intensified their campaign against rebel LTTE in last months. The government troops have made dramatic progress on the northern fronts, seizing a series of rebel bases and chunks of...

SAS soldier Sean McCarthy killed in Afghanistan

"FALLEN Digger Sean McCarthy spoke of his fears about serving in Afghanistan in emails to his high school formal partner in Australia. Jane Alexander, who accompanied the then 17-year-old to his school formal on...

Britain faces calls for UFO inquiry

The silly season has arrived. First there is a "complicated" crop circle and now soldiers are seeing UFOs."The British ministry of defence today faced calls to launch an official inquiry into a series of UFO...

Afghanistan death toll adds poignancy to Queen's birthday parade

The traditional British ceremony 'Trooping the Colour' took place in London today, but this year festivities were overshadowed by the British military death toll in Afghanistan passing 100 this week.Thousands...

Brit Military Toll In Afghanistan Hits 100

" The number of British troops killed in Afghanistan since 2001 has reached 100, following the deaths of three soldiers.The Ministry of Defence said the trio died following a suicide attack on a routine patrol in...

Prince Harry receives Afghanistan medal

It appears that royal veterans with 10 weeks of service are more deserving of medals than soldiers who've served their country for years and conducted multiple tours of duty to the region. Thanks goodness Harry...

A Modern Day Hero

"A paratrooper who lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan has made history by becoming the first British serviceman to return to active service as an amputee. Corporal Stuart Hale makes history Corporal Stuart Hale is now serving in southern Afghanistan less than two...

President to meet British Queen in Belfast

"President Mary McAleese is expected to meet Britain's Queen Elizabeth in Northern Ireland today. Queen Elizabeth will also be greeted by Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley as he says his final farewells before retiring in May. Today's meeting will be the sixth...

Prince Harry withdrawn from Afghanistan

It seems almost inevitable that Prince Harry would have to leave Afghanistan as soon as news of his tour of duty leaked out. "LONDON: The Defense Ministry announced Friday that Prince Harry, the third in line to...

BBC NEWS | UK | 'Friendly fire' UK soldiers named

The British Military has finally released teh identities of the three English troops killed by American fire in Afghanistan.  If Downing Street has any more doubts on if any of this is worth it, Mr. brown...

'Friendly fire' kills UK soldiers

American forces "accidently" fire upon British forces in Afghanistan leading the English public to ask out loud on the streets, "Why are we in this occupation?"  - The...

Freedom Tags Mean Home To Afghan Soldiers

Afghan veterans in Hotel Company based in Gagetown, N.B. proudly display freedom tags hanging from their weapons.  On one hand, the tags indicate that the weapons are in the possession of the soldiers to which they were assigned;  on the other hand, because this is...

Prince Harry to be sent to Iraq

"Prince Harry will be deployed to Iraq with his regiment, the head of the British army has said. General Sir Richard Dannatt said he had taken the decision personally but stressed it would be kept under review. He called for an end to the "somewhat frenzied media speculation...

Five slain Cdn. soldiers from same small N.B. base

Five soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan have been identified as hailing from the same base--CFB Gagetown near the small community of Oromocto, N.B. The explosion also killed another soldier, who...

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