Linda Norgrove.....

[poo at Paul's]

Breaking news now that the kidnapped British Aid worker Linda Norgrove 'may' have been killed by a rescuers' grenade and not an IED set off by the captors.....

Hate to say it, but as soon as I heard the rhetoric from Hague over the weekend, I immediately thought there was a bit more to what they were saying..

Casualty of War or more 'friendly fire'??

[poo at Paul's]

No, but I was just wondering if anyone else read more into what Hague was saying over the weekend, like I did?
He just seemed to say a bit too much, almost emphasising the fact that she was kileld by the captives to cut off the speculation of a friendly fire incident....

Just sounded a bit suss to me..

[poo at Paul's]

Although the thread is more about the information passed on to us by the Govt as this news broke.

Well that is the reason I started it, anyway.

From an interview on Sky News just now, they reckon that the SAS were involved in an advisory and observation capacity only, but the intervieweee stated that the SAS had advised a different plan of action. US special forces wanted to do it one way, SAS another, they went with the US preferred option.
This is presiumably wny the story today has come out.

I take your point on the personnel risking their lives to help others though. They are the Army, but still, it's a brave thing to do. As was (is) the work of Linda and her colleagues.