Our War
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Former army lieutenant Bjorn Rose on dealing with the loss of a colleague in Afghanistan: “After Chris was killed, while still on tour, I decided to write to Chris’ mum, Helen. While my training had not covered the writing of ‘death letters’, I felt it my duty to do so.” Soldiers have been filming themselves on duty in Afghanistan for years. The Ministry of Defence has now released this powerful and uncensored footage to the BBC for a documentary series. This opening part of the series tells the story of a close-knit group of friends from 3 Platoon, 1st Battalion Royal Anglian regiment, who were sent to Helmand province in 2007. For most of them it was their first experience of war. The whole tour was filmed on a helmet camera by the platoon’s sergeant, who captured the moment when one of his men, 19-year-old Private Chris Gray, was killed in a Taliban ambush. The film explores the effects of his death on both his mates in the platoon and his family back in the UK.
The Bomb Squad Episode 1
The Bomb Squad Episode 1
For the first time ever, the Ministry of Defense has allowed the work of specialist bomb disposal teams in Afghanistan to be shown.
Adam is halfway through his tour of Afghanistan as a bomb disposal operator. Captured on helmet camera, we see what Adam sees as he is standing over the bomb which could kill him if he makes one wrong move.Over the past weeks, Adam and his team have cleared 17 IEDs from a compound, so that it can be used as an army base. When they’re called out to the compound one final time, they take a casualty. The Bomb Squad is full of revelations – what an IED looks like, what it’s like to risk your life as a highly trained operator or as a young searcher, and what it’s like to be the family left behind, wondering if their loved ones will come home
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The Bomb Squad E01 by Mazanga_Von_Badman
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Daily Show: Allison Stanger
Wednesday March 2, 2011
Daily Show: Allison Stanger
Allison Stanger discusses the perverse situation in which America is funding the enemy in order to fight them.
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