Targetting soldiers on the ground
David Gee questions the high price young infantry soldiers are paying in Afghanistan
Official statistics of British forces fatalities in Afghanistan fail to show that younger people from poorer backgrounds are suffering most from the increasing intensity of the fighting there.Research based on the official fatalities listing shows that those facing the greatest risks in Afghanistan are infantrymen.
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