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**Maserati** · 04-07-2011, 02:11 PM

The Taliban have claimed that they have executed a British soldier that they seized during a fierce gun battle against the British.

A Taliban source claimed he has been executed.

If the death is confirmed he will be the 375th British fatality in the Afghanistan War.

Number of fatalities in Afghanistan

USA: 1,531
UK: 374 (375 if the missing British soldier has been killed)
Canada: 154
France: 63
Germany: 56
Denmark: 40
Italy: 39
Spain: 30
Australia: 27
Poland: 26
Netherlands: 25
Romania: 19
Norway: 10
Georgia: 9
Estonia: 8
Hungary: 6

Others: 26

Read more: British soldier kidnapped by Taliban 'and executed' during gun battle in southern Afghanistan | Mail Online

If true, this constitutes yet another clear violation of human rights by the Taliban. When you take a prisoner, their well-being is in your hands, also when it becomes difficult.

I can see the practical benefits of having talks with these people, but on a pure ideological and principal level, I screw that. Bomb the shit out of them...

04-07-2011, 02:11 PM	#2
Maserati Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	The Taliban have claimed that they have executed a British soldier that they seized during a fierce gun battle against the British. A Taliban source claimed he has been executed. If the death is confirmed he will be the 375th British fatality in the Afghanistan War. Number of fatalities in Afghanistan USA: 1,531 UK: 374 (375 if the missing British soldier has been killed) Canada: 154 France: 63 Germany: 56 Denmark: 40 Italy: 39 Spain: 30 Australia: 27 Poland: 26 Netherlands: 25 Romania: 19 Norway: 10 Georgia: 9 Estonia: 8 Hungary: 6 Others: 26 Read more: British soldier kidnapped by Taliban 'and executed' during gun battle in southern Afghanistan \| Mail Online If true, this constitutes yet another clear violation of human rights by the Taliban. When you take a prisoner, their well-being is in your hands, also when it becomes difficult. I can see the practical benefits of having talks with these people, but on a pure ideological and principal level, I screw that. Bomb the shit out of them...
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