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Sky News (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
... in the nascent ANA. The alleyways, irrigation ditches and poppyfields around the towns of Sangin, Musa Qaleh, Gereshk and Kajaki are now more familiar than the streets of Belfast, Ballymena and Dublin.Within every Afghan Kandak (Battalion) there is an embedded team of Royal Irish providing support.Mutual trust and understanding are critical to building the relationship necessary to...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
... armoured vehicle troop leader patrolling deserts surrounding the former Taliban stronghold of Musa Qaleh enduring freezing night-time temperartures."I understand that you've had to endure varying kinds of weather conditions - boiling heat, freezing cold, day in, day out," Charles told the soldiers."We are incredibly lucky that there are so many people like you, at a very young age...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
... Highlanders, 5th Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, was leading an operation near Musa Qaleh in Helmand Province on Thursday when he was hit by a Taliban bullet. It is understood that the 41-year-old was caught "out in the open" during an engagement with enemy forces. He was airlfted straight to a field hospital. The Ministry of Defence refused to comment on how serious his...
