Pakistan and Iran 'Backing Afghan Attacks on British Troops'
THE TELEGRAPH: Bomb attacks that are killing British troops in Afghanistan are being funded and supplied from Iran and Pakistan, a senior officer has said.

Major General Gordon Messenger also revealed that Taliban insurgents are altering their tactics to launch more long-range sniper attacks on Nato forces.

A total of 309 British personnel have died in Afghanistan sine 2001. Many have been killed by improvised explosive devices, bombs planted along roads and pathways[.]

The general, the spokesman for Britain’s mission in Afghanistan, said that UK forces and Afghan civilians now face an “unprecedented threat” from such devices.

Maj Gen Messenger told reporters in London that British military intelligence has found “evidence” that some of the IED attacks are being supported from outside Afghanistan.

“We are looking beyond Afghanistan in terms of the provision of some of the more sophisticated components and the provision of finance,” he said. “There is evidence that something is coming in from Iran, something is coming in from Pakistan.”

Some reports have suggested that military chiefs and intelligence agencies in both Pakistan and Iran are supporting the Taliban.

Last month, a London School of Economics report said that Pakistan’s ISI intelligence service gives extensive backing to the Afghan insurgency. >>> James Kirkup, Political Correspondent | Thursday, July 01, 2010

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”Troops Treated Like Vermin”: They Are Being Shown “the Most Detestable Contempt”
THE TELEGRAPH: Horrifically injured servicemen returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are being shown "the most detestable contempt" by the Government, two war veterans have said in a letter to the Queen.

Second World War hero George Kay, 87, and Richard Clitheroe, 73, called on the Queen as Head of the Armed Forces to reverse the "unacceptable treatment" of the military.

Speaking outside Buckingham Palace, where they handed the letter to an aide, Mr Clitheroe said he thought returning troops were being "treated like vermin".

The pair also accused the Government of sending troops to fight as "political mercenary forces" in "illegal wars".

Mr Clitheroe, a former corporal with the Parachute Regiment, from Catford in south London, said: "When we fought, we fought for King and country.

"Nowadays we feel sorry for the servicemen because they are fighting for politicians. But they come back and are treated like vermin." Troops treated like vermin, veterans tell Queen (more) By Stephen Adams

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