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本帖最后由 piso 于 2009-7-3 23:44 编辑
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丫的之前还高调地和皇协军一齐巡逻。。。9 I# c- N; I- v
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据英国《每日电讯报》7月2日报道，英国军事指挥官鲁珀特-索尼洛在阿富汗被路边炸弹炸死，这是英军近30年以来阵亡的职位最高军事官员。威尔士亲王写信表示哀悼。报道称，索尼洛上校违反规定乘坐防护能力较低的装甲车外出。这也许是塔利班组织针对索尼洛上校的一次特别袭击活动。英国军方以就此事展开调查。
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+ d* P2 T2 a0 M* M+ T$ Q8 a* qLONDON, England (CNN) -- The commander of a British regiment has become the country's highest-ranking soldier to be killed in action since 1982's Falklands War after he was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
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Lt. Col. Rupert Thorneloe, 40, was killed along with trooper Joshua Hammond, 18, Wednesday as they were traveling along a canal in Lashkar Gah, in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, the British Ministry of Defense said.
6 T/ s8 D, Q/ H0 J3 x& sThorneloe, a commanding officer who oversaw more than 1,000 men, had left the battle group headquarters on the resupply convoy so he could visit his men, because they were conducting a major operation in hostile territory, the ministry said.
2 R/ k5 ?' h0 t, THe and Hammond, a tank driver, were killed despite traveling in an armored vehicle, the ministry said.
1 v3 J5 t" u" T) j& C, m# ABritain's Prince Charles knew Thorneloe and said he was "completely mortified" to learn of his death. Charles is the regimental colonel of the Welsh Guards, where Thorneloe served. |
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