UK Soldier Shot Dead

Sky News ^ | 22:05 UK, Monday December 17, 2001 | Sky News

[colette_g]

UK Soldier Shot Dead

A British soldier has been shot dead in the Kosovan capital Pristina.

The soldier, who has not been named, was belived to be serving with the Kfor peacekeeping force.

The circumstances surrounding his death are not clear.

British soldiers went into Kosovo in following the withdrawal of Serb soldiers in 1999.

Their mandate was to help the setting up of new institutions, disarm KLA guerillas and to protect Serb minorities in the Albanian-dominated Serbian province.

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Last Modified: 22:05 UK, Monday December 17, 2001

[Thane_Banquo]

It's amazing how thankful those Muslims are to the West for saving their asses.

[colette_g]

Hope it's not the start of something else . . . . if anyone has any more details, please post.

[Iwentsouth]

Maybe he shot himself?

[mvonfr]

Was not a German soldier shot there yesterday too?

Make your guess who is doing it (1) CIA (2) Serbs (3) Mossad (4) Aliens from outer space (5) Indians ....

Not the peaceful moslems, of course.

[Cicero]

The circumstances surrounding his death are not clear.

Translation: He was shot by one of our drug-smuggling, Muslim Albanian friends, and we're ashamed to admit it.

[Balto_Boy]

Here's the BBC's link.

[Pericles]

Hope it's not the start of something else . . . . if anyone has any more details, please post.

I hope you have been reading my links, colette_g. Snow is falling in the pass.

My link to this story is here British soldier dies after being shot in Kosovo "in front of a partially built Christian Church"

[colette_g]

He added that the soldier had been on duty for the Nato-led force in front of a partially built Christian Orthodox church. when he was shot

Is that the clue ?

[colette_g]

Thanks for the that, I missed the previous story about the German soldier. Don't ya just love these unrelated accidents.

[Pericles]

These are some of the clues as to why this is happening.

[Red Jones]

even a casual observer can see that the incidence of our soldiers being killed in 'accidents' of all kinds has gone up dramatically.

[Hoplite]

Ok, I'm a casual observer.

Care to prove your hypothesis?

[Red Jones]

there have been news reports over the last 7-8 years that I've read that said that there seems to be an unusual increase in the number of fatal accidents that occur for people in the military. If you're a casual observer like me, then you might've read em.

[Hoplite]

Deaths from all causes in the Military are currently less than half of what they were (per 100,000) as compared to 1980, and it's a fairly linear reduction over time. (PDF)

[alfie]

Sarah Brady needs to get over there and set them straight.

[arm958]

The circumstances surrounding his death are not clear.

That's not entirely true. According to the BBC, a Royal Army spokesman emphatically stated, twice, that the soldier's death was NOT caused by hostile fire. It was a single bullet to the head. You figure it out. There are 40,000 soldiers in KFOR. Things are going to happen.

[Hoplite]

As the Military version of Murphy's Law states: Friendly fire ain't.

[mvonfr]

Of course, do look at the WTC.

WTC is now a very peaceful place, very much in style of Lebanon, Afghanistan, Somalia, Chechnya, and many other places inspired by the peaceful religion.