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TWO vehicles were reportedly caught by police racing at more than 100mph on a Poole dual carriageway.

battle of basra modern warfare The battle that Malik was fighting, is famous in history as the “Battle of Layla-tul-Harir.” It was the climax of the grim contest in the plain of Siffin on the bank of the Euphrates. The western urban-rural interface, with the few main access routes into the city, was an operational environment in itself. By early 1987, Iran and Iraq both had about 200,000 troops deployed along the southern front near Basra, Iraq’s second largest city. According to the intelligence gathered by General Shepherd, Vladimir Makarov graduated from the Frunze Military Academy a...

Simon Akam’s The Changing of the Guard exposes the failures of the British army This detailed, academic book argues flawed leadership led to military disaster in Iraq and Afghanistan. By rights the mortally wounded Taliban fighter lying in the cornfield should not have survived. An Apache helicopter had just strafed the area around the man with 139 rounds of 30mm ammunition. As the patrol of Royal Marines moved out of the tree line and neared the wounded fighter, they were surprised to find the insurgent was still moving. “Why couldn’t you just be f***ing dead,” one Royal Marine ...