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Doug Beattie
Stephen Sackur talks to British Army officer Doug Beattie, and asks him if British soldiers are fighting a war they can never win.
For all their superior firepower, western troops and Afghan forces have failed to quell the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. British Army officer Doug Beattie won a military cross for his role in a dramatic assault on Taliban fighters in Helmand province, and two years on he's preparing to leave the forces. Stephen Sackur asks him if British soldiers are fighting a war they can never win.
Last on
Mon 3 Nov 2008
23:30GMT
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- Mon 3 Nov 2008 04:30GMT
- Mon 3 Nov 2008 23:30GMT