Christmas 'heartbreaking' for troops' families: Brown
Monday, 21 December 2009
LONDON, Dec 20 (AFP): Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday urged Britons to remember this Christmas the families of troops killed in Afghanistan, for whom the festive season will be "heartbreaking".
The 103rd British soldier killed in the campaign this year died Saturday, the latest in an increasingly bloody war against Taliban insurgents which has dominated British politics this year.
Brown wrote in the Sunday Mirror newspaper of his "gratitude" for their sacrifice and "unsurpassed courage".
"At home, we remember them with gratitude for we owe them a debt we can never fully repay-and we remember too the families they have left behind for whom Christmas will be a heartbreaking time."
The 103rd British soldier killed in the campaign this year died Saturday, the latest in an increasingly bloody war against Taliban insurgents which has dominated British politics this year.
Brown wrote in the Sunday Mirror newspaper of his "gratitude" for their sacrifice and "unsurpassed courage".
"At home, we remember them with gratitude for we owe them a debt we can never fully repay-and we remember too the families they have left behind for whom Christmas will be a heartbreaking time."