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Topic started on 2-8-2009 @ 06:44 PM by TheOracle

Obese UK troops hampering war in Afghanistan


www.hindustantimes.com
Obesity among its soldiers have undermined “operational effectiveness” of British forces, leading to shortage of fit soldiers who could be deployed to fight the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, according to a leaked Army memo.

“War effort is being hampered by troops too unfit to deploy. Leaked army memo reveals many British soldiers are so obese they cannot be sent to Helmand Britain's war effort is being hampered by the number of front-line troops who are too fat or unfit to be deployed to southern Afghanistan," the Observer said in its report.
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reply posted on 2-8-2009 @ 06:51 PM by KSPigpen
reply to post by TreX-UK



It's not an American source. The OP isn't bashing our friends in the UK. The OP was simply posting an article printed somewhere else.

It makes me think of a good way to get out of going to Afghanistan though.
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