Britten leiden zware verliezen in Afghanistan

McChrystal Digs In, Afghan Women Say Get Out

The quagmire of Afghanistan becomes clearer each day as reports filter out that the grand surge in Helmand is stymied and Afghan townspeople are not so pleased with their "liberation", Michaelmoore reports.

Yet, while an uproar in the UK over their casualties this week – 15 dead in 10 days – grows, (see "renowned British military historian Correlli Barnett … in the pages of the very conservative Daily Mail" (h/t Steve Hynd of Newshoggers)) Gen McChrystal continues to up the expectation that he will be asking for more US troops and more billions when he completes his strategic review.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/index.php?id=1272


Over de Britse slachtoffers in The Washington Post:

WOOTTON BASSETT, England, July 14 -- As one coffin after another passed by, silence descended on a crowd of thousands who had come to pay their respects to eight British soldiers who recently died in Afghanistan. (By Karla Adam, The Washington Post)
A Tribute, as the Death Toll Rises