Army £2m campaign for public support

Army campaign to boost public support 17 Mar 2008 The Army has launched a publicity campaign costing an estimated £2m to encourage public support for UK soldiers. ....More propaganda ...There may be soldiers from Guantanamo training our young people in St Athan.

Guantanamo: The Bigger Picture Foreign Policy In Focus - Mar 17, 2008
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Coroners face gagging over troop deaths 18 Mar 2008 Des Browne, the Defence Secretary, is trying to prevent coroners from being highly critical of the Ministry of Defence over the deaths of British troops killed in action. In a highly unusual move, Mr Browne began legal moves yesterday to prevent coroners from using language prejudicial to the MoD when issuing verdicts on the deaths of troops who die on active service. Lawyers for Mr Browne went to the High Court to challenge comments made by a coroner in Oxfordshire after an inquest of a Territorial Army soldier in Iraq.

How to Become a Concentration Camp Guard Without Even Trying By Joshua Holland, AlterNet A reluctant Guantanamo Bay jailer, who found himself working in

drugs to Desensitise male soldiers to the sounds of women being raped

Warriors out of their minds: Drugs of choice for super soldiers
By Peacedream
US military training also includes a component to desensitize male soldiers to the sounds of women being raped, so the enemy cannot use the cries of their fellow soldiers to leverage information. I think it not unreasonable to connect ...
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Soldiers smuggled guns add to uk crime

We have a huge rised in gun related crime and there seems to be a clear link between service people at war and the number of smuggled guns.

Firearms offence soldier escapes prison sentence
A “WAR HERO” escaped being sent to prison today for illegally possessing two firearms and ammunition.more
BBC NEWS | UK | Warning over criminals in forces

Overseas postings, particularly in places where guns and drugs were readily available made servicemen and women an "attractive target". ... news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5378756.stm - 40k -

Soldiers jailed for selling smuggled Iraq weapons | Special ...

Soldiers jailed for selling smuggled Iraq weapons. Martin Wainwright Saturday November 24, 2007 The Guardian. Two soldiers who smuggled stolen guns out of ... www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,,2216253,00.html - 43k -[PDF] Gun crime: the market in and use of illegal firearms File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat which collectively more than half of recorded gun crime in England and ...... “A lot of them are coming [via Ireland] from places like Iraq and Kosovo… ... www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/hors298.pdf - Similar pages - Note this

Newsnight Debaing the Ban on soldiers blogging ...

Don't mention the War!!! BBC Newsnight - Debating The Ban & censorship on blogging etc A former Army Captain and former Army Private (Both have been in Iraq) discuss the UK Military ban. Remember that shortages in equipment etc revealed revealed through blogs..'morale low'.....'invasion of privacy' for soldiers.....'ok for generals to speak out but why can't soldiers speak out..' 'why we trying to ban people from speaking out..' Isn't this a human rights issue?......