by Sean Reilly | Jun 19, 2008
At first I thought it was just my imagination. Every day it seemed William and Harry were on the TV, firing guns or flying helicopters. The press releases from the Prince of Wales’ media office however, confirmed my observations as true. Prince William is now in the...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 15, 2008
The military strategy of trying to win ‘hearts and minds’ in Afghanistan by building schools and health clinics is failing to address the root causes of violence in the country, a new report launched earlier this week by a group of European and Canadian aid agencies...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 29, 2008
A Royal security expert says that Prince Harry’s attempt to serve with British forces in Afghanistan has handed a propaganda coup to radical anti-Western groups who will portray him as going from shooting grouse to shooting Muslims. Alex Bomberg, a former aide...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 8, 2008
The year has not begun well for Afghanistan, with suicide bombings, fears of a deteriorating security situation and reports of an increased presence by Taliban forces throughout the country – writes Chris Herlinger. “The threats are not always related to...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 12, 2007
On the eve of Remembrance Sunday, 11 November 2007, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams described the Western-backed wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as a tragic mess which failed to conform to the principles of ‘just war’ theory and brought great...
