British Army

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Below is a U.S. news release about a heroic British Soldier. Looks like a candidate for the Victoria Cross to me!

Injured Medic Saves 7 Soldiers

filed under: Good News(Sept. 2) - A British army combat medic put the safety of her comrades above her own in saving seven fellow soldiers in the aftermath of a grenade attack in Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Sally Clarke, 22, was serving with her patrol in the country's Helmand province when they came across a field mine. While waiting for a team to dispose of it, they came under a surprise attack from Taliban insurgents who fired a rocket-propelled grenade into their midst, according to Britain's Daily Telegraph.

Lance Cpl. Sally Clarke, a British army medic, ignored the intense pain of injuries she suffered in a bomb blast to treat other soldiers wounded in the attack in Afghanistan. Despite her wounds, the 22-year-old Clarke refused an airlift from the battlefield so that she could remain with her unit.

After ducking for cover, Clarke realized that she had shrapnel wounds in her back and shoulder from the explosion -- and that seven fellow soldiers were also down with injuries.

Clarke immediately began moving from soldier to soldier, treating each for their wounds despite the searing pain from her own wounds, the Telegraph said.

The worst injuries were suffered by Cpl. Paul Mather, 28, who had serious puncture wounds in his arms, legs and buttocks. "One of the pieces of shrapnel had torn a fist-sized hole through his skin," Clarke told the Telegraph. "I applied field dressings and a tourniquet to one of his wounds, while we waited for the Medical Emergency Response Team to arrive."

Clarke continued caring for all six other soldiers as well and even aided them in reaching a helicopter evacuation point. However, when it came time for her to take seat on the chopper and to get away from the battlefield, she refused on the grounds that the rest of the patrol required a medic and she couldn't abandon them despite her pain and injuries. "I didn't feel like my injuries were bad enough to go back to the hospital particularly as I was the only medic on the ground at the time," she told the Telegraph. "I didn't want to leave them on their own. "Clarke later received medical attention and is headed home from Afghanistan.

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Yep, I'd say Sally was worthy of a VC for such heroic and courageous actions, above and beyond the call of duty.

Well done her !!!

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Below is a U.S. news release about a heroic British Soldier. Looks like a candidate for the Victoria Cross to me!

Injured Medic Saves 7 Soldiers

filed under: Good News(Sept. 2) - A British army combat medic put the safety of her comrades above her own in saving seven fellow soldiers in the aftermath of a grenade attack in Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Sally Clarke, 22, was serving with her patrol in the country's Helmand province when they came across a field mine. While waiting for a team to dispose of it, they came under a surprise attack from Taliban insurgents who fired a rocket-propelled grenade into their midst, according to Britain's Daily Telegraph.

Lance Cpl. Sally Clarke, a British army medic, ignored the intense pain of injuries she suffered in a bomb blast to treat other soldiers wounded in the attack in Afghanistan. Despite her wounds, the 22-year-old Clarke refused an airlift from the battlefield so that she could remain with her unit.

After ducking for cover, Clarke realized that she had shrapnel wounds in her back and shoulder from the explosion -- and that seven fellow soldiers were also down with injuries.

Clarke immediately began moving from soldier to soldier, treating each for their wounds despite the searing pain from her own wounds, the Telegraph said.

The worst injuries were suffered by Cpl. Paul Mather, 28, who had serious puncture wounds in his arms, legs and buttocks. "One of the pieces of shrapnel had torn a fist-sized hole through his skin," Clarke told the Telegraph. "I applied field dressings and a tourniquet to one of his wounds, while we waited for the Medical Emergency Response Team to arrive."

Clarke continued caring for all six other soldiers as well and even aided them in reaching a helicopter evacuation point. However, when it came time for her to take seat on the chopper and to get away from the battlefield, she refused on the grounds that the rest of the patrol required a medic and she couldn't abandon them despite her pain and injuries. "I didn't feel like my injuries were bad enough to go back to the hospital particularly as I was the only medic on the ground at the time," she told the Telegraph. "I didn't want to leave them on their own. "Clarke later received medical attention and is headed home from Afghanistan.

Wow, yes that sounds truly heroic - and should definitely be an award.

On the subject of "actions", I heard an interesting interview with an Arab commentator about the whole "release of the Lockerbie bomber" thing. It seems that governments, diplomats, secret service, etc (but not us, the common or garden mugs) know certain data. To summarise :

1. The USA shot down an Iranian passenger jet in 1988.

2. As a "tit for tat", terrorists sponsored by Iran blew up a plane over Lockerbie.

3. Libya knew about, and sponsored, the Lockerbie atrocity, but it wasn't a Libyan who did it.

4. Libya in the 1990s sought rehabilitation with the West, for economic reasons.

5. As part of a deal, Britain and the US demanded Libyan accountability for Lockerbie.

6. Libya handed over two suspects, though everyone involved knew these were not the guilty parties.

7. There was a trial and one of the men was found guilty.

We know the rest. It all puts the hysteria and muck-raking of the last few weeks into a different perspective, doesn't it?

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Below is a U.S. news release about a heroic British Soldier. Looks like a candidate for the Victoria Cross to me!

Injured Medic Saves 7 Soldiers

filed under: Good News(Sept. 2) - A British army combat medic put the safety of her comrades above her own in saving seven fellow soldiers in the aftermath of a grenade attack in Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Sally Clarke, 22, was serving with her patrol in the country's Helmand province when they came across a field mine. While waiting for a team to dispose of it, they came under a surprise attack from Taliban insurgents who fired a rocket-propelled grenade into their midst, according to Britain's Daily Telegraph.

Lance Cpl. Sally Clarke, a British army medic, ignored the intense pain of injuries she suffered in a bomb blast to treat other soldiers wounded in the attack in Afghanistan. Despite her wounds, the 22-year-old Clarke refused an airlift from the battlefield so that she could remain with her unit.

After ducking for cover, Clarke realized that she had shrapnel wounds in her back and shoulder from the explosion -- and that seven fellow soldiers were also down with injuries.

Clarke immediately began moving from soldier to soldier, treating each for their wounds despite the searing pain from her own wounds, the Telegraph said.

The worst injuries were suffered by Cpl. Paul Mather, 28, who had serious puncture wounds in his arms, legs and buttocks. "One of the pieces of shrapnel had torn a fist-sized hole through his skin," Clarke told the Telegraph. "I applied field dressings and a tourniquet to one of his wounds, while we waited for the Medical Emergency Response Team to arrive."

Clarke continued caring for all six other soldiers as well and even aided them in reaching a helicopter evacuation point. However, when it came time for her to take seat on the chopper and to get away from the battlefield, she refused on the grounds that the rest of the patrol required a medic and she couldn't abandon them despite her pain and injuries. "I didn't feel like my injuries were bad enough to go back to the hospital particularly as I was the only medic on the ground at the time," she told the Telegraph. "I didn't want to leave them on their own. "Clarke later received medical attention and is headed home from Afghanistan.

Wow, yes that sounds truly heroic - and should definitely be an award.

On the subject of "actions", I heard an interesting interview with an Arab commentator about the whole "release of the Lockerbie bomber" thing. It seems that governments, diplomats, secret service, etc (but not us, the common or garden mugs) know certain data. To summarise :

1. The USA shot down an Iranian passenger jet in 1988.

2. As a "tit for tat", terrorists sponsored by Iran blew up a plane over Lockerbie.

3. Libya knew about, and sponsored, the Lockerbie atrocity, but it wasn't a Libyan who did it.

4. Libya in the 1990s sought rehabilitation with the West, for economic reasons.

5. As part of a deal, Britain and the US demanded Libyan accountability for Lockerbie.

6. Libya handed over two suspects, though everyone involved knew these were not the guilty parties.

7. There was a trial and one of the men was found guilty.

We know the rest. It all puts the hysteria and muck-raking of the last few weeks into a different perspective, doesn't it?

There's a lot going on behind our backs, Peckris. I suspect that the release of Al Megrahi, for example, has much to do with lucrative trade deals involving Libyan oil.

In his case it doesn't really matter, as he is close to death anyway. So I'm not sure what all the furore is about, especially as he's probably not a guilty party at all. He was just a fall guy. The true culprits are almost certainly Iranian.