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Sitrep September 10th 2015

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Was the RAF drones strike against IS in Syria legal and is there more to come?

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Sitrep September 10th 2015

Released:10 Sep 2015

Was the RAF drones strike against IS in Syria legal and is there more to come?

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In today's Sitrep...How to fight extremism in Pakistan

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What does the war in Pakistan mean for British troops long term?

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Why is the MOD always in the political firing line? Should the military be
kicked out of the MOD...and why the battle against Taliban is in Pakistan.

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Why No 10 can't handle the noisy generals?

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Are we about to see a completely new plan on Afghanistan? Is America asking the big question: why are we here? Because if America is, then so must the UK.

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Why one Trident less won't fix the defence budget and why not put the Afghanistan budget into Homeland Security?

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The truth about defence cuts - why they would completely change the face of the military...line by line analysis in today's edition of Sitrep.

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Has PM Gordon Brown got it wrong about Afghanistan? How arms sales boost the economy, are the bombers back in Northern Ireland and why didn't the world come to an end yesterday as advertised?

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On the anniversary of the outbreak of World War 11 today's Sitrep presents
your personal guide to one hundred years of the days war broke out, plus a
global round up of the world's hotspots

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Today we're looking at famous speeches and the leaders who made them .
Famous military leaders have played with words to inspire troops, indeed,
nations. We all know famous ones like 'fight them on the beaches',. 'Never
in the history of so many' etc. But are words that valuable? Find out in
this special edition of Sitrep.

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Do you think Britain should have nuclear warheads? Should the UK renew
Trident? Is it just a military question? What about the morality of the
mushroom? Hear what the experts say with Christopher Lee and guests.

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Why are the political knives out for General Dannatt? And why is Washington gunning for the UK’s X-file hunter?

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General Dannatt’s latest salvo at government on Afghanistan but will MOD & Number Ten dodge the real issues? And....just how good are British forces in Helmand?

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Everyone’s talking helicopters for Helmand...but isn’t that a smokescreen. Isn’t the real story this: we’re in the wrong war. Strategy’s being written on the hoof. True or false? Answers in Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests .

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In Sitrep today: Afghanistan: men & equipment. Politics gone mad or incompetent military planning? Who’s right? Who’s wrong? Prisoner handling...why it’s so easy to break the rules; Is the CIA still in the assassination business? And...does the first sea lord have to be a physicist and ... Do commanders talk too much and do we believe politicians or the military? That’s all in today’s Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests on BFBS.

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In Sitrep today: Afghanistan – why the MOD thinks we have to be told why we’re there; Drone Warfare – does it do what the brochures says it does; is the proposed MOD Green Paper a con; arms control – is it all a myth or an invention of the weapons trade; why the Met’s counter-terrorism budget can’t escape cuts; the Pope & the UN and ...how highly does Gordon Brown rate the Defence Secretary? All that and more in Sitrep, 4pm uk time today, with Christopher Lee and guests.

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No money so no defence. Is that the no-brainer for the next ten years in the MOD? Plus: Foreign media students in a top London college....what are they after? And, is it really possible to persuade disaffected Muslims to give terrorism a miss?

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Caring for service men and women in need - why can't MOD get it right? Plus: More body-bags in Iraq & Afghanistan - why the figures don't impress the British media. That's all in today's Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests.

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In Sitrep today.....Iran – is this really the end of the Islamic Revolution & do western governments really want that anyway? And in spite of the rhetoric, America & UK are having to think how they learn to live with North Korea’s bomb Plus...why Mossad is telling Israelis to keep off Facebook, the public outcry over the private Iraq war inquiry....And......is the pen really mightier than the sword? That’s all in today’s Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests

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In today’s Sitrep..... AFGHANISTAN: Just 18 months to win the war; Interrogation: what are the rules & who breaks them? . IRAN: voting starts in the morning. Who will win? NORTHERN IRELAND: Why the Omagh bombers are not behind bars ARMS SALES: who are the big spenders? KOREA: Has the Dear Leader beaten us all at our own game and Balkan hide & seek: why Radovan Karadzic was always one step ahead of the BBC’s war-crimes catcher. All that in today’s Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests on BFBS.

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