Futile Patrols Are Making Our Soldiers 'Sitting Ducks' in Helmand ; Ex-Sas Man Says Intelligence Is Key to Turning Tables On the Taliban [Edition 3]
Evening Standard - London › August 11, 2009
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AN SAS veteran who wrote a bestselling book about fighting Iraqi insurgents today blamed flawed tactics for the rising British death toll in Afghanistan.
John Geddes told the Standard that "futile" vehicle patrols during daylight were leaving troops as sitting ducks for the Taliban and costing lives.See the full content of this document
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Futile Patrols Are Making Our Soldiers 'Sitting Ducks' in Helmand ; Ex-Sas Man Says Intelligence Is Key to Turning Tables On the Taliban [Edition 3]
He also called for better intelligence -- including gathering crucial information from paid informers -- so that targeted night- t...
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