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British soldiers were a matter of metres from last weeks deadly bomb blast at Kabul airport 鈥?and are taking part in decompression therapy to help deal with any trauma they suffered during the dangerous two-week evacuation.Commanding officers, speaking for the first time after returning from the Afghan capital, said it was sheer good fortune that prevented British troops from being killed in the attack alongside 170 Afghans and 13 Americans.Lt Col David Middleton, a paratroop commander, said the proximity between ourselves and the Americans was a matter of metres and that the position by which the explosion went off just hap stanley cup pened to be in the American area .A leaked account of the run-up to the attack from the Pentagon appeared to blame the British for wanting to keep open the Abbey Gate, whe stanley mug re one of two bombs went off, so the UK could complete the last phase of its evacuation.Middleton sought to set aside suggestions of Anglo-American disagreements, saying it was in both our interests to keep the gate open. We are heartfelt sorry for the Americans we were so close with and controlled that piece of ground with, he added.Afghanist stanley cup ans Islamic State affiliate, ISKP, claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place in the area outside the airport where people hoping to come to Britain were being processed. A second bomb exploded near the Baron hotel, which was being used by British diplomats until the day before.Following a warning of a likely attack, western sol Jbje Abramovich and Berezovsky take 拢3.2bn battle to high court
Liberal Democrats MPs were left isolated on Tuesday after the House of Commons voted by 404 to 53 to support mandatory jail sentences for anyone caught twice in possession of a knife.The result was the first time in the coalition government that Labour and Conservatives have united against the Lib Dems. It also marks another moment in the breach of collective coalition responsibility, but is unlikely to mark a serious long-term breakdown before the 2015 general election.Conservative ministers were instructed to abstain but others in the party were given a free vote, allowing the vast majority to back the mandatory sen stanley cup tence measure tabled by the Tory backbencher Nick de Bois.Labour MPs, aware of public opinion over knife crime, supported the amendment, reassured that it still gives judges some discretion on the length of a sentence.Before last month s local elections, the issue became the subject of controversy when letters from Lib Dem cabinet ministers objecting to the proposals were leaked in what was seen as a breach of ministerial confidentiality.The Lib Dem leader, Nick Clegg, decided to take a stand, saying he believed the measure would have no practical effect on gang crime.The justice secretary, Chris Grayling, now needs to find further prison places in Britain s overcro stanley cup usa wded jails. The amendment, which is likely to cost 拢20m, imposes a minimum six-month jail term on a sec stanley mexico ond conviction for carrying a knife and 16-year-olds will be given at least a four-month detaining