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Old 9th Jan 2007, 14:27
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Originally Posted by Regie Mental
An outstanding piece, and fair play to the journo for ignoring the Brit Mil refusal to allow him access to go in as a unilateral. The situation on the ground in both Afg and Iraq is such that unilaterals are scarce on the ground these days, not least because they are themselves targets. So to go in as he did took guts and he clearly didn't become a burden to the troops either.
Just goes to show that the media are not all on a mission to shaft the military.
Quite.

And I thought it was an apt piece of journalism towards the end, when sitting on the floor of the LR and filming close in the pile of .50 cal brass on the floor, and reminding everyone of the 'we won't need to fire a shot' speech of Reid, as yet more empty .50 cal brass rained down on top of him.......
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