The real issue?
My wife and I also saw this on the BBC news last night. To us the real issue was:
1) USMC engineers lead the way clearing the route with protected engineer vehicle.
2) Vehicle hit by IED blast and one marine slightly injured.
3) British soldier takes over on foot with hand-held mine detector.
4) Apparently second IED explodes (off camera) and kills British soldier.
The point being why are the British doing this on foot when specialist vehicles can be used? Surely we don't think we are still in Northern Ireland and are looking to disarm these devices in order to obtain the evidence necessary to arrest the bomb maker and take him to court? Or is it still as I suspect a lack of kit?