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Old 2nd Jun 2009, 15:06
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Well Done, Chaps!

(and chapesses too, perhaps, these days):


From BBC News:

UK forces 'kill Taliban leader'

One of the most dangerous Taliban leaders in Afghanistan has been killed by British forces in a helicopter attack, the Ministry of Defence says.

Mullah Mansur is believed to be behind a number of suicide bombings that have claimed British lives in and around Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province.

One is said to have killed Sgt Ben Ross of the Royal Military Police and Gurkha Corporal Kumar Pun in Gereshk on 7 May.

Mansur and several accomplices died in a "precision strike", commanders say.

Task Force Helmand spokesman Lt Col Nick Richardson said Mansur - who created and supplied improvised explosives - was one of the most dangerous men in Helmand.

He said: "The attacks he helped plan and execute have probably killed or wounded hundreds of people, and most of them have been either Afghan civilians or police.

"This operation was the culmination of months of effort and the strike itself was carefully coordinated and checked to ensure there were no civilians in the area.

"The death of Mullah Mansur is the latest in a series of prominent insurgent commanders and signals another serious blow to the insurgency."
As they say..."RESULT!!"
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