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Taliban link to Shootings
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The Taliban could have infiltrated the Afghan police to carry out the fatal shootings of five British soldiers in Afghanistan, Gordon Brown has said.

The British military blamed Tuesday's attack in Helmand on a "rogue" Afghan policeman, but the UK PM said possible Taliban involvement was being examined.

One of the soldiers has been named by his family as Sergeant Matthew Telford.

The Grenadier Guard, two fellow guards and two Royal Military Police died. They had been mentoring Afghan police.

"While we are assembling evidence, the Taliban have claimed responsibility for this incident," Mr Brown told MPs in the Commons on Wednesday.

"It may be that the Taliban have used an Afghan police member or they have infiltrated the Afghan police force and that is what we've got to look at," he said.

However, BBC Kabul correspondent Ian Pannell later said the Taliban had not admitted carrying out the attack.

Sgt Matthew Telford joined the Army when he was 16

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2 Comments

by clip-on-tie on 11-5-2009 12:03 PM

Maybe terrorists don’t hate us. Maybe they’re just immature and explosions are their way of saying they like us.

by aperiozar on 11-6-2009 6:31 PM

How convenient to call everyone who opposes you a 'terrorist'.

When it comes to the killing of innocent civilians, America is the biggest terrorist state on earth, being responsible for the deaths of more than 100 000 innocent Iraqis alone.

The occupation of Afghanistan is another example of countless civilians being killed by American invaders, who coyly call their deaths 'collateral damage'

Do you seriously expect anyone to love the US for being the bully and largest force of terror in the world?