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LONDON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The ultra-rightist British National Party is "hijacking the good name" of the British military, a group of retired generals say.
Dannatt: Brown nixed 2,000 Afghan troops
LONDON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown rejected a call earlier this year to send 2,000 more troops to Afghanistan, the former head of the British Army says.
LONDON, July 17 (UPI) -- The head of the British Army warned of strategic failure in Afghanistan Friday as he demanded more permanent troops for that country.
LONDON, March 30 (UPI) -- British soldiers in Iraq paid a price in dramatically increased attacks when attention was switched to Afghanistan in 2005, a top military official says.
LONDON, March 1 (UPI) -- The officer in charge of the British army is renting a Kensington Palace flat once used by Diana, princess of Wales, documents show.
LONDON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- British military officials say they're revamping regulations to allow soldiers more family time in between foreign deployments.
LONDON, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A general who favors increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan has been named head of the British army.
LONDON, July 18 (UPI) -- A top British defense official says the military must take the moral high ground or risk playing into the hands of terrorists and other militants in combat.
LONDON, June 22 (UPI) -- Leaked government documents show British military officials are concerned "tour fatigue" is setting in with the country's soldiers in Afghanistan.
LONDON, May 11 (UPI) -- Many members of the British Army are living in poverty, with some forced to rely on emergency food voucher programs, a military report said.
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telegraph.co.uk at 11 Oct 2009 11:40 am
Labour MPs are calling for General Sir Richard Dannatt former head of the Army to be stripped of his military salary following his appointment as a Tory defence adviser.
telegraph.co.uk at 9 Oct 2009 03:57 am
General Sir Richard Dannatt has sought to defuse a row over his appointment to the Conservative defence lineup by saying David Cameron's defence team needed more ''expert understanding''.
telegraph.co.uk at 8 Oct 2009 05:23 pm
General Sir Richard Dannatt should not join the Conservative Party in the House of Lords a former defence chief has said.
telegraph.co.uk at 18 Aug 2009 01:51 pm
General Sir Richard Dannatt the head of the British Army has called for more resources in Afghanistan after the Government admitted key staff shortages are undermining operations to...
telegraph.co.uk at 17 Aug 2009 11:21 am
The head of the British Army General Sir Richard Dannatt has said that Britain will have to keep thousands on troops on the front line in Afghanistan for up to five more years.
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