Saturday, November 8, 2008

One More Reason Why There Is Low Morale In The U.K. Armed Forces

Photo taken from The Daily Mail

MoD Pays £2.4m To A Wounded Kosovan... EIGHTEEN Times What A British Soldier Got After Losing Both Legs -- The Daily Mail

A Kosovan who was mistakenly shot in the jaw by a British soldier has been awarded £2.4million compensation.

The huge sum is more than 200 times the amount available to a UK soldier suffering a similar injury in a battle.

Muhamed Bici was shot by a paratrooper in the Kosovan capital, Pristina, in 1999 as he and his friends drove around a building which British soldiers were guarding.

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My Comment: A double standard if there ever was one.

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