VOA NEWS: BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES CHIEF IN AFGHANISTAN RESIGNS IN PROTEST
November 01, 2008
November 01, 2008
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Voice of America issued the following story:
A British newspaper says the head of Britain's special forces in Afghanistan has resigned to protest equipment failures he believes led to the death of four of his troops.
The Daily Telegraph quotes Major Sebastian Morley, commander of Special Air Service troops in Afghanistan, as saying British Defense Ministry officials and senior military commanders repeatedly ignored his warnings about t . . .
A British newspaper says the head of Britain's special forces in Afghanistan has resigned to protest equipment failures he believes led to the death of four of his troops.
The Daily Telegraph quotes Major Sebastian Morley, commander of Special Air Service troops in Afghanistan, as saying British Defense Ministry officials and senior military commanders repeatedly ignored his warnings about t . . .
