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Fallon apologises to families of soldiers killed in Land Rovers in Iraq
The Guardian
Among the recipients of the letter was Sue Smith, whose son, Pte Phillip Hewett, 21, of Tamworth, Staffordshire, died in July 2005 after the Snatch Land Rover he was travelling in was blown up in Amara, south-east Iraq. Last year the Chilcot inquiry ...
Sir Michael Fallon apologises over British soldier's Iraq War Snatch Land Rover deathTelegraph.co.uk
Mother wins MoD apology over 'Snatch' Land Rover deathBBC News
Apology to families of soldiers killed in Iraq while using Snatch Land RoversBelfast Telegraph
Yorkshire Post
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This also happened in Afghanistan. The snatch was a known death trap in these war zones, it's got to be criminal neglect by those higher up who kept the purse strings closed against all advice from those with troops on the front lines.