a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/10/afghanistan-british-soldiers-eight-casualties"Guardian:/abr /br /blockquoteMinisters were bracing themselves for an increasingly bloody conflict in a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/afghanistan"Afghanistan/a as it became clear that a further eight British soldiers have been killed in 24 hours, the worst combat death toll since the war began.pFive troops were killed in a single incident after they were caught in a bomb blast while on foot patrol. Officials confirmed that 15 troops have been killed in the last 10 days. With the government's handling of the conflict under increasing scrutiny, Gordon Brown was forced to defend the Afghan mission as he left the G8 summit in Italy. Before heading directly to a private briefing at the a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/military"military/a's operational headquarters at Northwood, Middlesex, he warned of a "very hard summer … It's not over"./pp.../ppHe (Prime Minister Brown) said: "There is a chain of terror that runs from the mountains and towns of Afghanistan to the streets of Britain. Our resolution to complete the work we have started is undiminished./pp...br //p/blockquoteWhen five guys on a foot patrol are killed by one bomb it is likely that they did not have enough separation between them or had been lured into close proximity to the bomb. Troops are taught early during their training not to bunch up were one grenade could kill an entire squad.br /br /It does appear that the Taliban are focusing on the Brits. Perhaps they perceive that the political support for the operation is weaker in the UK and they will be more influenced by casualties.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5051247-2720437519146215057?l=prairiepundit.blogspot.com'//div
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