Broken Covenant
A growing number of stories from across the news media.
2nd September 2007
A Debt of Honour
Over the past three months, casualty rates in Iraq have risen to roughly six British troops killed every month and at least 10 seriously injured. In Afghanistan, the figure is closer to four deaths and four wounded.
Increasingly, the servicemen themselves and the families who wait for them or greet their broken bodies when they are medically evacuated fear that, while the troops perform their duties bravely, they are not being supported properly. More than 100 families, for example, are waiting for an inquest. Some have waited four years.
The Independent | 2nd September 2007
No Iraq pull-out timetable
We, together with the rest of the international community, have undertaken to support the country's political and economic development through the UN-led International Compact for Iraq. These are commitments it is not in our interests simply to abandon.
Gordon Brown, PrimeministerHis comments came as new figures show the total cost of the Iraq war has soared to £6.6 billion, making it the most costly conflict since the Second World War.
Ben Parkinson
before ...
... and after
How can you say, "If this man has got three injuries we will compensate him to some degree for every injury that he has, but this man has got 37 injuries, so we will only pay for three - and we will pick which three they are"?
Diane Dernie, mother