The bodies of Lance Corporal Martin Gill, of 42 Commando Royal Marines, Corporal Michael Pike, of 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, and Rifleman Martin Lamb, of 1st Battalion The Rifles, were flown into RAF Lyneham.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Tears as three heroes are saluted in Wootton Bassett
Hundreds of people united in their grief yesterday as the bodies of three British servicemen killed in Afghanistan within three days were repatriated.
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Pakistan: 8 soldiers, 10 Taliban dead in dawn attack
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Eight soldiers and at least ten Taliban were killed after the militants attacked a Pakistani security checkpost in the lawless tribal belt before dawn Thursday, local security officials said.
More than 100 Taliban armed with rocket launchers and other sophisticated weapons attacked the post in South Waziristan, along the Afghan border, triggering a firefight which lasted for more than three hours, officials said.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
IRAQ: Bodies of 3 fallen US soldiers return home
The bodies of three US Army personnel killed in Iraq will arrive back in the United States at Dover Air Base, 8th June at 1.30am.
The three fallen soldiers are:
from Madelia, Minn.
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Pfc. Michael B. Cook
from Middletown, Ohio
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Pfc. Christopher B. Fishbeck
from Victorville, Calif.
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US Marine Matthew Shank, injured in Afghanistan by IED
A Waynesboro Marine is in good spirits after suffering back injuries when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan Saturday morning.
Lance Cpl. Matthew Shank, 21, was driving an all-terrain military vehicle when it hit the IED, according to his mother, Kim Shank. “Fortunately, it flipped the vehicle instead of exploding it,” she said this morning.
Lance Cpl. Matthew Shank, 21, was driving an all-terrain military vehicle when it hit the IED, according to his mother, Kim Shank. “Fortunately, it flipped the vehicle instead of exploding it,” she said this morning.
Politician found beheaded in Afghanistan
POLICE found the beheaded body of a politician in central Afghanistan yesterday, three days after he was abducted by suspected Taliban-linked militants.
Jawad Zahaak was head of the provincial council in Bamiyan, seen as one of the country's most peaceful areas and among the first wave of places to transition from Western to Afghan security control from around July.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
USAF female medic injured in Afghanistan RPG attack
USAF Afc. Bryenna Brooks, age 22, suffered serious injuries last week while her mobile unit was on night patrol in Afghanistan. She is serving as a medic with the 101st Airborne Division.
Taliban insurgents fired a rocket propelled grenade at her vehicle and she suffered shrapnel wounds to her face and neck.
Other soldiers in the vehicle were also wounded including the gunner, who suffered very serious injuries.
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