Defence in the media: 3 February 2016

...Ministry of Defence. The piece reports that British soldiers could be forced to free prisoners of war after only 96 hours to avoid breaching their human rights. Our position is...
...Ministry of Defence. The piece reports that British soldiers could be forced to free prisoners of war after only 96 hours to avoid breaching their human rights. Our position is...
...nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted ebola in Sierra Leone, being taken to the Royal Free Hospital in London for the third time with a “late complication”. Experts said that she...
...Fallujah The Daily Express, The Sun and Channel 4 News all reported that the RAF carried out airstrikes in support of the Iraqi battle to free the city of Fallujah...
...of tailless monkeys and are the only free-living monkeys in Europe. Working from RAF Gibraltar, 2 Merlin Mk3 helicopters from 846 Naval Air Squadron based at Royal Naval Air Station...
...PRINCE HARRY The Sun is claiming that Prince Harry is now supporting the Sun’s campaign to free six paratroopers currently in jail in India. A father of one of the...
...this process will rightly be supported throughout and will receive free MOD legal representation. Marine A The Daily Mail (p4-5) has continued to focus on the case of Marine A...
...year active in Afghanistan and undertaking surveillance in Nigeria, now striking hard at ISIL in Iraq. The RAF have carried out 152 air strikes in Iraq – second only to...
Defence Spending The Times splashes this morning on a Whitehall source’s comments, which suggest that the Treasury is preparing to freeze defence spending after the election, and this, the paper...
...the Taliban in Afghanistan. The articles compare the air campaign against ISIL to the Second World War. The Defence Secretary is expected to say in his speech at midday that...
...part in our efforts towards a more secure, stable and prosperous Afghanistan. The UK Government believes that its policy towards locally engaged staff in Afghanistan is legal, honourable and...