Proceeding contribution from Paul Flynn (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 14 February 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

Still optimism after 10 years! That is a longer period than the first world war and the second world war combined—a period throughout which our British soldiers have been dying in Afghanistan. There are 356 dead—twice the number killed in Iraq and three times the number killed in the charge of the Light Brigade, an event of similar futility. The Secretary of State's optimism is based yet again on his being in denial of the reality. Would he like to tell us about the army and the police in Afghanistan—not the numbers joining, which he has told us about again and again, but the numbers of those dismissed or who have deserted since his last statement? ... How many?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 523 c744
Session: 2010-12
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Armed forces Deployment Police Recruitment Peacekeeping operations Military alliances Security USA Afghanistan NATO Literacy al Qaeda ISAF
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Afghanistan

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