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# f; s9 c- S$ a O丫的之前还高调地和皇协军一齐巡逻。。。
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3 m) A$ N. S E4 N& w; c! j" w5 J据英国《每日电讯报》7月2日报道,英国军事指挥官鲁珀特-索尼洛在阿富汗被路边炸弹炸死,这是英军近30年以来阵亡的职位最高军事官员。威尔士亲王写信表示哀悼。报道称,索尼洛上校违反规定乘坐防护能力较低的装甲车外出。这也许是塔利班组织针对索尼洛上校的一次特别袭击活动。英国军方以就此事展开调查。4 P7 l* n) }5 Y
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* s. D* _" C+ Y3 h2 e/ HLONDON, England (CNN) -- The commander of a British regiment has become the country's highest-ranking soldier to be killed in action since 1982's Falklands War after he was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
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Lt. Col. Rupert Thorneloe, 40, was killed along with trooper Joshua Hammond, 18, Wednesday as they were traveling along a canal in Lashkar Gah, in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, the British Ministry of Defense said.
; G0 ?" B. I" e8 _! SThorneloe, a commanding officer who oversaw more than 1,000 men, had left the battle group headquarters on the resupply convoy so he could visit his men, because they were conducting a major operation in hostile territory, the ministry said. z( {* Z3 h: @) E
He and Hammond, a tank driver, were killed despite traveling in an armored vehicle, the ministry said.8 C0 M( N/ }0 L4 x) r) s* A
Britain's Prince Charles knew Thorneloe and said he was "completely mortified" to learn of his death. Charles is the regimental colonel of the Welsh Guards, where Thorneloe served. |
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