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Ah, for the good old days when no soldier could sue his employers, us, for anything that happened to him in service, however it occurred, eh?

Well,we have moved on. This man was the victim of utter incompetence, beyond what was perceived as a proper hazard of his service; that's why he got paid out.
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because Taliban they clever and kill selected targets

The japanese used to kill the fella with the gun and not the rifle when the Blitish attacked which erm wasnt very often until 1943
because it took out the officer.

The freedom loving Viets used to massacre the medical staff in MASHes
so that the medical corps had the highest mortality and mutilation rate - because that would inflict the most economic damage on the Land of the Free.

um, do you think before you post some of these ?
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um, do you read through what you type before you post?
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To be honest, AoG - I can understand the point of PPs post.

It is pretty well documented that snipers are a higher value target for reprisal.

Strange, he seems quite happy to pose for a photo' displaying distinctive tattoos that couldn't possibly identify him,
or could they?
Good point, that Baldric.
I can see that ther was a prtty bad screw up but how much danger does it really put him in here in the UK?

How many Al Qaeda kidnaps gangs does the Mail think operate here?

There are plenty of soldiers who have been fighting in Afghanistan here is there any history of any of them being endangered on their return.

I do see AOG's point

Maybe snipers are seen differently but I suspect that the real issue here might have been his familly's reaction and their fears causing domestic strife and stress.

I can see the point and if some actions were required to resettle them I can seethe need for them to be compensated but it does seem a little on the high side to me.
Why is his photo in the article???
Yes. ^ Wouldn't that identify him now wherever he goes?
Your link explains it pretty succinctly AOG.

This man would be a highly prized target for terrorists, and he has been identified by the MOD.

I can't see that anyone would be surprised by the MOD's behaviour - surely an organisation that constantly sends British soldiers to be killed and wonded in foreign territories under some flim-flam about 'protection of our country' is the sort of organisation that would fail to take care of said solidiers when they return home.

Once a dense desk-bound bureaucrat ....
Sidebar: anyone notice that just about all British soldiers are good looking?

Is it a pre-req to joining up?
Seems slightly poor taste to me to be giving interviews about your kills - and the Mail article positively slavers over the details of the kill.

I must say that giving interviews, then allowing photos to be published does seem slightly at odds for a man at fear for his life....

Sp, you trying to get into a uniform?
Well, he's certainly at risk now, even if he wasn't before. Wonder if anybody at The Mail thought at all before putting his picture on the web for all to see? Surely they've just compounded the MOD's cock-up?
I agree LG, there was a definitely ghoulish attitude taken in the way these shootings were described.

I remember my nephew, who was a Marine, taling about 'dropping' an enemy - and feeling cold at the thought of it - probably one of the reasons why I am not a Marine myself!

I guess a certain detachment is required to be able to kill another human being in a situation where the other party has no idea he / she is about to die - but that is no reason for a journalist to adopt the same lack of empathy.

It must be a necessity for a serving solider - what excuse does a writer have?
Seriously - why the hell did the Daily Mail publish this man's photo?

Can anyone work it out?

Really...for what reason????

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