Leaked memo 'highlighted risks'
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AFGHANISTAN: Suicide bomb kills 18 in southern Helmand province while Kabul blast kills one Italian soldier and wounds 2 other foreign soldiers and five Afghans.
AFGHANISTAN: Suicide bomb kills 18 in south Afghanistane while Kabul blast kills one Italian soldier and wounds 7 including two foreign soldiers
Senior British Commander Killed in Afghanistan
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Leaked memo 'highlighted risks'
Conservative MP Adam Holloway discusses a leaked memo that he received from an official, in which Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe warned about the risks posed to troops by a shortage of helicopters.Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe was killed three weeks after passing on his concerns, by a roadside bomb near Lashkar Gah. He was the most senior British officer to be killed in the Afghan campaignMr Holloway told the BBC that he feels the e-mail shows that the Government "isn't taking the war seriously".
BBC | October 31, 2009
