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UK's last 1,000 soldiers rushed out to Balkans

by liamssoft | February 16, 2008 at 03:27 pm | 331 views | add comment

I hope we have enough Services personnel stationed in the ountry in case they are needed at short notice..

Britain's overstretched Armed Forces are to send as many as 1,000 troops to the Balkans in a move that will see the military's last remaining reserve unit deployed on operations.

The imminent departure of the 1st Bn Welsh Guards to Kosovo has been ordered in response to fears that the newly formed independent state could slide into "ethnic cleansing". But last night MPs and former military chiefs described the move as "irresponsible" and "demented", accusing the Ministry of Defence of being "bankrupt".