Guardian: Fourth British soldier in a week killed in Helmand

[Eugene]

6.15pm
Fourth British soldier in a week killed in Helmand


James Sturcke
Thursday March 8, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

A British soldier died today following an attack on a base in Afghanistan, the
Ministry of Defence said.

The man, who has not been named, was in the Royal Artillery's 29 Commando
Regiment. He died in hospital at Camp Bastion from injuries sustained when
a grenade was fired at the UK base in Sangin, a drug-producing corner of
Helmand province.

He is the fourth British soldier to die in Afghanistan in the past week, and the
third from 29 Commando. Fifty-two British soldiers have been killed while on
operations in Afghanistan since 2001.

The commander of the UK taskforce, Brigadier Jerry Thomas, said: "Regrettably
I must report a further death today. A member of 29 Commando Regiment
Royal Artillery died in hospital at Camp Bastion from injuries sustained earlier,
when a grenade was fired at our base in Sangin.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,2029580,00.html

[maddezmom]

1. things aren't going well for the Brits

RIP to this soldier and the others before him.

[maddezmom]

2. Second NATO soldier dead in major Afghan operation

Second NATO soldier dead in major Afghan operation 45 minutes ago



KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - A second NATO soldier was killed Thursday as Taliban strongholds came under attack in the alliance's biggest joint operation with Afghan forces.

Four policemen were also killed in a Taliban ambush in the southern province of Helmand, where NATO and Afghan troops targeted rebel compounds and destroyed armouries.

The assault in the Garmser area forced fighters to retreat into a mosque and then into civilian compounds at which point troops backed off, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement.

ISAF did not release details of the soldier's death but said it came as part of Operation Achilles, involving about 5,500 troops.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070308/ts_afp/afghanistanunrest

hopefully this is not an additional incident

[Eugene]

3. Reuters: German aid worker shot dead in Afghanistan

German aid worker shot dead in Afghanistan
08 Mar 2007 15:40:55 GMT
Source: Reuters

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, March 8 (Reuters) - A German aid worker was
shot dead while travelling with colleagues on a road in northern Afghanistan
on Thursday, a provincial governor said.

Sar-e-Pul Governor Sayed Mohammad Iqbal Nib blamed "terrorists" for the
attack, adding no one else had been hurt.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL269265.htm