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Clearing mines in Afganistan??

In 1944 we had 'Flail Tanks' to clear mines off the beaches for the invasion. My question is: Why cannot these be used in Afganistan?? I may be thick, but I would have thought, this would be better...
16:54 Tue 27th Jul 201022 answers, last by rov1200 09:56 Thu 29th Jul 2010
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rov1200

Why should the long term unemployed be entitled to social housing?

With millions of long term unemployed taking social housing in prime areas are they not denying those able to work from living accommodation close to their work? If you are unemployed and unlokely to...
15:22 Mon 26th Jul 201040 answers, last by SnakeEyes 12:06 Tue 27th Jul 2010
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anotheoldgit

Racial discrimination

http://www.dailymail....class-white-male.html I am forever being classed as racist on this site, but I have always stated quite categorically that this is untrue. What I do fight for though is...
17:48 Sun 25th Jul 201025 answers, last by Gromit 14:51 Fri 30th Jul 2010
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anotheoldgit

Is it in our interests?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/ Is the Guardian along with others putting our troops further at risk by publishing these war log? Would it have been in the nations interest to have imposed a .media ban on...
09:06 Mon 26th Jul 20108 answers, last by 123everton 14:34 Mon 26th Jul 2010
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Old Salt

Navy People in Afghanistan?

I have my suspessions, but, does anyone know why two US Navy people were wandering around in Afghanistan, without a local guide? Old Salt...
21:04 Sun 25th Jul 201010 answers, last by Old Salt 12:11 Mon 26th Jul 2010
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hope19

newspapers

I need to find out how much 50 newspapers would weigh,can anyone help. I know it`s an odd thing,but suing employer for injury form heavy lifting....
17:58 Sat 24th Jul 201019 answers, last by jno 22:16 Mon 26th Jul 2010
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Theranged

Can our bones be substituted for solid metal ones?

Or would our bodies reject them?
19:49 Fri 23rd Jul 201010 answers, last by tamborine 02:32 Sun 25th Jul 2010
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Gromit

First shoots of recovery trampled on?

The UK economy saw its fastest growth in more than four years between April and June, official estimates showed today. The 1.1 per cent leap in output was almost double the 0.6 per cent expected by...
10:55 Fri 23rd Jul 20104 answers, last by modeller 21:15 Sat 24th Jul 2010
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rov1200

A Wasted Journey

Why are we spending £millions on looking for the Higgs Boson when there is a much simpler explanation? http://www.higgs-boson.org/...
18:53 Thu 22nd Jul 20104 answers, last by jomifl 20:44 Mon 02nd Aug 2010
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anotheoldgit

Once again that phrase 'ANTI-BRITISH' appears.

http://www.dailymail....xploiting-invite.html Has this action done more for the BNP cause. Why is there a one rule for some but none for others? Here we have what is described as a totally...
14:28 Thu 22nd Jul 201030 answers, last by anotheoldgit 13:54 Fri 23rd Jul 2010
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anotheoldgit

Why so long?

Why is it taking so long to train Afghan troops to take over, when our own troops are trained and shipped out to Afghanistan, soon to be in the depths of the action, in a fraction of that time?
11:59 Wed 21st Jul 201010 answers, last by rov1200 00:34 Thu 22nd Jul 2010
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jake-the-peg

Time for a Ministry of Defense?

Given the lack of popular support for foreign wars is it time to change the brief of the Ministry of "Defense"? Is it time to drop the weasel words of "safeguarding the country's...
15:44 Wed 21st Jul 201016 answers, last by modeller 12:52 Thu 22nd Jul 2010
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123everton

Corruption

What right has Britain (and America) to pontificate to the Afghans about corruption when we've got the recently abandoned B.A.E Systems Saudi arms deal and the Yanks have numerous dubious arms...
23:15 Wed 21st Jul 20102 answers, last by Steve.5 01:33 Thu 22nd Jul 2010
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mollykins

Real Amber?

Is there a way to tell if a piece of jewelry is made from coloured glass or real amber? The earrings have bits of stuff in them, like real amber does, but i'm not sure....
16:43 Tue 20th Jul 201013 answers, last by Nammu 15:45 Fri 15th Mar 2019
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VHG

Why so much money being poured into Afganistan?

So we are going to give MORE money to Afganistan (we have already given £500 million in the last four years in aid). At the same time we are slashing our school rebuilding program in our own...
11:23 Tue 20th Jul 201014 answers, last by oscarina 11:48 Wed 21st Jul 2010
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Gromit

Iraq War made us terrorist target

After the Terrorist attacks in America, the UK was persuaded to join the invasion of Iraq. The former head of MI5 has told the Iraq Inquiry that that led to a huge increase in the terrorist threat to...
13:19 Tue 20th Jul 20109 answers, last by Old_Geezer 17:51 Tue 20th Jul 2010
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tinkie

Prince William

I have just seen the news that Prince William doesn't want to live at his base, but is renting a cottage to enable him to shack up with his girlfriend, at a tremendous cost to the tax payers, surely...
18:25 Sun 18th Jul 201028 answers, last by Ric.ror 13:08 Wed 21st Jul 2010
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anotheoldgit

Banning the Burka would be rather un-British?

http://tinyurl.com/2dhhtrp At last the immigration minister has finally spoken out to say "the banning of the Burka would be rather un-British” Excuse me isn't the wearing of the Burka...
11:26 Sun 18th Jul 201043 answers, last by twix123 01:57 Wed 21st Jul 2010
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anotheoldgit

Not our problem

http://tinyurl.com/3aclvf6 Is something wrong here, shouldn't it be France bribing the asylum seekers and illegal immigrants to return home, after all they are on French soil?...
10:30 Sun 18th Jul 20107 answers, last by Kromovaracun 12:45 Mon 19th Jul 2010
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anotheoldgit

A Gurkha's culture?

http://tinyurl.com/24v4lem A question of culture or a war crime? /// This is considered a gross insult to the Muslims of Afghanistan, who bury the entire body of their dead even if parts have to be...
10:24 Sun 18th Jul 20103 answers, last by andy-hughes 22:01 Sun 18th Jul 2010

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