Brown in Tribute to Dead Marines

by LotusFlower | December 13, 2008 at 05:07 am

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Gordon Brown has said that the four Royal Marines killed in the last day and a half would never be forgotten'. He said this in Helmand where he is visiting british troops.

Last week it was announced that British troops are to be withdrawn from Iraq but there are no plans as yet to withdraw from Afghanistan.

The four recent deaths bring the total British troops dead since 2001 to 132.

Gordon Brown has paid tribute to the four Royal Marines who were killed in separate explosions in Afghanistan while on a visit to the country.
He said the men "died in the front line of terror" and "would never be forgotten" for what they had achieved on behalf of Britain.

He told troops based in Helmand province that "we are safer in Britain" because of the work they do there.

After his visit, he travelled to Kabul for talks with President Hamid Karzai.

On Friday, a Royal Marine from Arbroath-based 45 Commando was injured in an explosion in the Sangin area of Helmand province and died on the way to hospital at Camp Bastion.

In a separate incident, two marines from 45 Commando and one from Commando Logistics Regiment died in a second blast south of Sangin.