Archive for December, 2009

British hostage in Iraq Peter Moore is released – The Guardian

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Reuters British hostage in Iraq Peter Moore is released The Guardian A young Shia cleric, Qais al-Ghazali, was expected to be freed from American military custody in exchange. The British foreign secretary, David Milliband, … Hostage freed in Iraq…Yemen to keep hunting al-Qaida…Dutch to use scanners 9&10 News UK hostage Peter Moore released alive in Iraq BBC News all 496 news articles

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Comic book treatment for RAF air traffic controller – BBC News

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BBC News Comic book treatment for RAF air traffic controller BBC News The airport he was heading for was shut and he did not know the military airfields at Kinloss or Lossiemouth. He was low on fuel, unable to reach either … and more

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Mother fights for life after father murders daughter – Times Online

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Times Online Mother fights for life after father murders daughter Times Online The shootings did not take place in the military area of Aldershot which has a large British Army base. Scott Large, who works in a tool shop near to the … SUICIDE DAD SHOOTS DEAD DAUGHTER, 4, AND WOUNDS WIFE UK Express Father shoots dead child aged 4 and critically injures mother Times Online all 33 news articles

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Guard floors rifle drunk at Bolton’s A&E ward – The Bolton News

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Guard floors rifle drunk at Bolton's A&E ward The Bolton News … usually works at Fairfield General Hospital, Bury, said: “I looked down and saw a barrel which I recognised straight away from working in the military

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NIO files: Maze Prison, De Lorean fears and ‘slow voters’ – BBC News

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BBC News NIO files: Maze Prison, De Lorean fears and 'slow voters' BBC News The acrimonious debate helps to explain why, during the mass IRA break-out from the Maze in 1983, the military guard failed to fire on the escapers.

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Britons of the Year, 2009 – Telegraph.co.uk

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Telegraph.co.uk Britons of the Year, 2009 Telegraph.co.uk During last summer's Operation Panther's Claw, the military offensive to clear the Taliban out of southern Helmand, Schmid and his team methodically removed …

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Murder of Mountbatten ‘could have been stopped’ – Belfast Telegraph

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Murder of Mountbatten 'could have been stopped' Belfast Telegraph Mountbatten, a distinguished Second World War military leader and an uncle of the Duke of Edinburgh, was killed on August 27, 1979 when the IRA detonated a … and more

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Saddam was well regarded by British – Financial Times

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Saddam was well regarded by British Financial Times The military arm of the new regime, Mr Mugabe's Patriotic Front, wished to meet the British. But “No – please do not meet leaders of the 'Patriotic Front'. ..

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National Archives: UK anger over Mountbatten security in Ireland – Yorkshire Evening Post

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National Archives: UK anger over Mountbatten security in Ireland Yorkshire Evening Post Mountbatten, a distinguished Second World War military leader and an uncle of the Duke of Edinburgh, was killed on August 27, 1979 when the IRA detonated a … and more

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Papers released under 30 year rule reveal full force of Thatcher’s fury – The Guardian

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Financial Times Papers released under 30 year rule reveal full force of Thatcher's fury The Guardian Opposing plans to publish a history of military intelligence in the second world war, she observed: “I was taught a very good rule by my two Masters at Law, … The 30 year papers: How Maggie handbagged the world in just 8 months Daily Mail all 86 news articles

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