Gordon Brown Visits Troops In Afghanistan And Pledges To Send More
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Gordon Brown today declared his "disgust and horror" at the deaths of four Royal Marine commandos killed in Afghanistan in an ambush involving a 13-year-old child bomber.
Speaking during a visit to Helmand province to highlight the deployment of hundreds of fresh troops to the region, the prime minister said the use of such a young boy in the bombing would "offend public opinion across the world".
One marine serving with 45 Commando was killed and two injured by a roadside bomb near Sangin yesterday. Later, a patrol was approached by the child pushing a wheelbarrow full of newspapers concealing a bomb which killed two more members of 45 Commando and a soldier serving with Commando Logistics Regiment.
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First Posted: 12-13-08 01:03 PM | Updated: 01-13-09 05:12 AM