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Futile patrols are making our soldiers 'sitting ducks' in Helmand; Ex-SAS man says intelligence is key to turning tables on the Taliban.

Publication: The Evening Standard (London, England)
Publication Date: 11-AUG-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Futile patrols are making our soldiers 'sitting ducks' in Helmand; Ex-SAS man says intelligence is key to turning tables on the Taliban.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Martin Bentham Home Affairs Editor

AN SAS veteran who wrote a best-selling book about fighting Iraqi insurgents today blamed flawed tactics for the rising British death toll in Afghanistan.

John Geddes told the Standard that "futile" vehicle patrols during daylight were leaving troops as sitting ducks for the Taliban and costing lives.

He also called for better intelligence -- including gathering crucial information from paid informers -- so that targeted night-time operations could be mounted to "take out"...

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