Memo reveals commander's fears

The Guardian by David Batty | Oct. 31, 2009 (News Report)

The most senior British soldier to die in Afghanistan foreshadowed his own death by warning that a shortage of helicopters was endangering troops.

Less than a month before he was killed by a roadside bomb, Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe told his superiors that soldiers would die because they were being forced to take more trips by road. Full Story »

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 by Richard Riehl - Nov. 1, 2009

The missing piece in this story is not enough sourcing to establish whether, in fact, the MoD has had requests for helicopters it's turned down. Without that it's simply a "he said," "he said" story. Thorneloe's leaked memo, although interesting in itself, is just the beginning of the story.

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