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  • Report Lists U.K. Desert Gear Woes

    08/01/2002 2:59:37 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 7 replies · 186+ views
    Europe Daily ^ | Augustus 1 2002
    LONDON (AP) — British troops on desert exercises were plagued by melting boots, guns that jammed and radios that frequently went on the blink, an auditors' report said Thursday — failings that raise questions about Britain's role in any future military attack on Iraq. While the report praised British forces' overall performance during last year's Operation Saif Sareea II in Oman, critics fear Britain's proud military is too poorly equipped to serve alongside its U.S. allies. ``At the moment, on the ground as far as infantry is concerned, we have a rifle which is deficient and a communications system which...