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Four British soldiers killed 
Staff and agencies
Tuesday August 1, 2006
Guardian Unlimited 
British soldiers from the Helmand task force in Afghanistan. Photograph:
John D McHugh/AFP/Getty Images
 
Three UK soldiers were killed in Afghanistan today and one in southern
Iraq in one of the deadliest single days for British troops since the "war
on terror" began.
Militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns
killed three UK soldiers and seriously wounded a fourth in an ambush on a
patrol in Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province.
In Iraq, a British soldier was also killed in the port city of Basra after
a militant mortar attack on the coalition force base in the city at around
3am local time (midnight BST).
The deaths bring the total number of British troops killed in action in
the two wars to 100. Including those who died of non-combat causes, the
total is 134.
The soldiers killed in Afghanistan were part of the Nato-led international
security assistance force.
An MoD spokeswoman said the incident, which is continuing, began at 7.30am
(4am BST). Next of kin are being informed.
The Ministry of Defence initially confirmed that two soldiers had been
killed and a third was missing, presumed dead. Lt-Col Kevin Stratford
Wright, spokesman for the British Helmand Task Force, later confirmed that
the missing soldier had been killed.
The deaths bring the number of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan in
the past two months to nine.
Only three days since 2001 have seen higher numbers of British fatalities
in Iraq and Afghanistan, most recently in May when militants in Basra shot
down a British helicopter, killing five.
The Helmand attack was the most deadly strike on British forces during
five years of involvement in Afghanistan. Before today only 10 British
soldiers had died in the operation.
There are almost 4,000 British personnel in Afghanistan and 7,200 are
based in Iraq.
The attacks come a day after the British general leading the Nato troops
in Afghanistan assumed command of multinational forces in the lawless
south of the country.
Lieutenant General David Richards heads the 8,000-strong Nato force in the
south made up largely of British, Canadian and Dutch troops, as well as
some US personnel.
Yesterday he promised to "strike ruthlessly" against the Taliban, who have
surprised commanders by their "virulence" at resisting multinational
forces.
"We will retain the capability and will to strike ruthlessly at the
enemies of Afghanistan when required," Gen Richards, a veteran of
successful peacekeeping missions in Sierra Leone and East Timor, said
yesterday.
It is believed to be the first time since the second world war that a
non-American general has commanded US units in combat. Nato's mission is
considered the most dangerous and challenging in the Western alliance's
57-year history.
In contrast to earlier US-led operations designed to hunt down Taliban and
al-Qaida fighters, the International Security Assistance Force's mission
in the south is to provide security for reconstruction and development
work.
The general's priority will be to set up "secure zones" in Afghanistan and
build up the local infrastructure. Nato troops are also training recruits
to the new Afghan national army as well as its police forces.
The Nato mission coincides with the deadliest upsurge in fighting in
Afghanistan since late 2001, in which more than 800 people - mostly
militants - have been killed since May.
A British force, due to number 4,500 by the autumn, is conducting
operations from its desert base, Camp Bastion, near the provincial
capital, Lashkar Gah.
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 Four British soldiers killed 
Tu devi essere uno di quelli che ad un guidatore racconta incidenti 
mortali per distrarlo, e prima di un viaggio si veste di nero, mh?
Buone vacanze, Se'.
Am.

 Tu 
come vedi la situazione è diversa da quella che descrivevi nelle tue
versioni da NG di un "cinegiornale" di regime   <g>
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 versioni da NG di un "cinegiornale" di regime   <g>
Non direi se fai il bodycount, che poi dovrebbe essere la tua 
specialita'.
Cmq. mai detto che l'Afghanistan sarebbe stata una cosa indolore.
Ricordati della signature di Pangloss, Mr. Sfiga-Altrui...
Am.

 specialita'.
giusto per ricordare a chi lo nega che lě c'e' la guerra, non perchč ho le
tue perversioni riguardo i cadaveri.
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 -- 
A rimuoverla in Parlamento ci pensano solo in otto gatti, di cui vari 
traditori del loro partito.
 Che stanno a mendicare pacifismo cattolico per rinforzare la *loro* 
poltrona. Affossando l'esercito italiano per mancanza di mezzi.
Veri patrioti...
Am.

 Veri patrioti...
e tu che "vero patriota" saresti visto che te ne stai dietro un monitor
invece di andare alla guerra con i vari charlie, romanato, castagno e
arduini vari ?
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 dato i loro partiti su *quella* missione, camerata amalric? 
Mica glielo ho detto io, ma il segretario del loro partito. Pare che ci 
fossero accordi precisi alle elezioni.
E cmq. pensavo che tu fossi a favore della disciplina di partito. Dello 
stesso partito *grazie al quale* sono stati eletti.
Campioni di democrazia - LOL!
Am.

 stesso partito *grazie al quale* sono stati eletti.
con la fiducia hanno votato si per disciplina, ma rimane giusto il loro
dissenso verso questa guerra in Afghanistan
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