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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Brock Mann
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 by Brock Mann - Nov. 1, 2009

This is good quality journalism because it has an opening that catches the readers eye, along with short paragraphs that keep the attention. The story is also very relevant because it shows that not only American lives are being lost but lives all throughout the world. It's a compelling story, but a very sad one.

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