Summary
There has been widespread media coverage of the emergence that British aid worker Linda Norgrove may have been killed by a grenade thrown by US Special Forces trying to rescue her from her Afghan captors (see below). The BBC Radio 4 Today programme reported this morning that the National Security Council is due to meet again today to discuss the Strategic Defence and Security Review and potential cuts to the MOD. The Guardian reports that Whitehall sources have let it be known that they were disappointed with the calibre of candidates to replace Sir Bill Jeffrey as MOD's Permanent Secretary. The Guardian also reports that the city of Basra in Iraq is now 'heaving' with new money.UK and US to launch investigation into death of Linda Norgrove
Prime Minister David Cameron announced yesterday that a full UK/US investigation will be launched into the circumstances surrounding the death of aid worker Linda Norgrove in Afghanistan. Ms Norgrove, who was kidnapped in Kunar province on 26 September, died on Friday as American troops attempted to rescue her. It was initially thought she was killed when her captors detonated a bomb vest.Speaking at a press conference at Number 10 yesterday, Mr Cameron said new information has suggested Ms Norgrove could have died as a result of a grenade detonated by US troops during the rescue operation. The PM said: "I want to assure Mr and Mrs Norgrove that I will do everything I possibly can to establish the full facts and give them certainty about how their daughter died." See the Number Ten website to read more.
Navy's latest destroyer launched
There has been various media coverage of the launch yesterday of Duncan, the sixth and last of the Royal Navy's powerful, new Type 45 destroyers. Click here to read more.
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
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