FAILING OILVASION DEATHS CONTINUE TO RISE

This madness must end. We are 100% wrong. WE MUST LEAVE THE MIDDLE EAST-NOW.

This has gone on for too long. It will be 8 years in October-WORLD WAR 2 ONLY LASTED 6 YEARS!!!!

read the original herald sun article here;

"200th British soldier dies in Afghanistan

Article from: Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in London
August 16, 2009 08:08am

A BRITISH soldier has died of wounds sustained in operations in Afghanistan, bringing to 200 the number of British troops to have died since the 2001 US-led invasion, the Ministry of Defence says.
The soldier, from the 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh, died in hospital in central England on Saturday after being injured in an explosion while on vehicle patrol in the southern Afghan province of Helmand on August 13.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the milestone was "deeply tragic" but said British troops were on a vital mission to stop the al-Qaeda network using Afghanistan as a base for attacks on Britain and elsewhere.
"Today is a day of mourning, and also a day of reflection. I want to thank the entire armed forces and the families and communities which sustain them. We owe it to you all never to forget those who have died," he said.
"But my commitment is clear: we must and will make Britain safer by making Afghanistan more stable. We will honour and support those who have been killed or wounded in the field of battle.
"And we will give those who fight on all the support that they need to succeed in this vital mission."
At least 168 of those killed died as a result of hostile action. The rest died either as a result of illness, non-combat injuries or accidents, or have yet to be officially assigned a cause of death.
Thirty-one British troops have been killed since the start of July. The spike in deaths came as British troops launched Operation Panther's Claw in the build-up to the Afghan presidential election on August 20. "