"UK deaths in Afghanistan hit 256; More expected, Britain warns as offensive looms" by Robert H. Reid, Associated Press | February 9, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - Three British soldiers have died in southern Afghanistan, officials said yesterday, raising Britain’s death toll in the conflict to 256 - the number of Britons lost in the Falklands war of 1982.
Britain reached the milestone as British, American, and Afghan forces are preparing for a major attack on Marjah in Helmand Province, the biggest town in southern Afghanistan under Taliban control. Britain’s defense secretary has warned the British public to expect more casualties when the Marjah attack occurs....
Even as the public overwhelmingly wants out over there.
Two soldiers from the Royal Scots Borderers were killed Sunday in an explosion near the Helmand district of Sangin, which is north of Marjah, the Ministry of Defense said.
A soldier working with a specialized bomb unit in Afghanistan was killed in an explosion. Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield said in a statement yesterday the serviceman died in the Nad-e-Ali district of Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province.
Related(?): Occupation Iraq: British Bombers
British suicide bombers, readers?
Britain’s losses in the Falklands occurred during a 73-day war to drive Argentine forces from the South Atlantic colony they had invaded to affirm their claim to the islands, which they call the Malvinas.
Was that one worth the loss of life, Brits? Clinging to an empire worth it?
In London, Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth warned that British casualties were a “very real risk’’ during the upcoming operation around Marjah, which has a population estimated at about 80,000.
“We have seen an intense, hard, and bloody period in Afghanistan but . . . it is imperative that we hold our resolve,’’ Ainsworth said after the deaths were disclosed....
Yeah, never mind all that all that blood everywhere over lies.
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