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5 |/ N9 A3 L. I丫的之前还高调地和皇协军一齐巡逻。。。: B3 T# Y9 N) P5 x1 _" Z
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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。8 K5 m+ x3 P1 r; D# ~$ o7 J* S* d
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! b# y7 Q8 ^6 ]% C9 @3 @LONDON, 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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2 x$ J! C) t" J& n! O d0 F/ QLt. 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.% a% j9 E* ?* y7 l
Thorneloe, 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.! {: [- J5 a, o9 @& P" }% e
He and Hammond, a tank driver, were killed despite traveling in an armored vehicle, the ministry said.5 y( w2 b3 y6 p7 @9 U% x
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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