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The defence secretary, Bob Ainsworth, today said providing better equipment to soldiers in Afghanistan would not stop lives being put at risk.
Faced with Tory complaints that the government was not providing the armed forces with enough helicopters, Ainsworth told MPs British soldiers were engaged in "hand to hand fighting" with the Taliban and helicopters and armoured vehicles could not always protect them.
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Jul 11th, 2009 - Telegraph
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Jul 11th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
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Jul 11th, 2009 - Telegraph
Amid a bitter political row about the future of Britain's role in the conflict, Liam Fox, the shadow defence secretary, said that the Prime Minister had "catastrophically" under-equipped the armed forces.
Parents of soldiers killed in Afghanistan lash out at Government
Jul 11th, 2009 - Telegraph
They joined politicians and former Armed Forces chiefs in demanding that ministers provide more money to pay for helicopters and armoured vehicles for troops fighting in Helmand.
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