Summary
Various media outlets have reported that Prime Minister David Cameron has denied sending out "mixed messages" over plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by 2015. | There has been widespread coverage of Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's comments yesterday that the Iraq war had been illegal. | Channel 4 News claims that Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox says he can't afford the capital cost of Trident and needs a bail-out from the Treasury. | The Radio 4 Today Programme featured an interview with veteran John Dale who spoke about his struggle with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the help he has received from the MOD. | The Daily Mail and the Daily Express report that Prime Minister David Cameron faced a furious backlash yesterday for saying that the UK was a 'junior partner' to America in 1940 – a year before the US entered the war. | The Daily Telegraph claims that Dr Liam Fox has signalled that the senior ranks of the Armed Forces will be thinned out to save money. | The Daily Mail reports that the Royal Marines could be merged with the Parachute Regiment to form a new expeditionary brigade. | Various media outlets have reported that six Afghan policemen were beheaded when Taliban militants overran their checkpoint during an assault on government buildings. | The Times features a piece from embedded Defence Editor Deborah Haynes who outlines the work of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Lashkar Gah.
Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence has announced that a soldier from The Royal Dragoon Guards and a soldier from 1st Battalion Scots Guards were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, 21 July 2010. Click here to read more.
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