Pakistan army wins gold medal at annual British exercise

Staff Report

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan army won a gold medal in the Exercise Cambrian Patrol – 2010, held from October 11-13, 2010 in the United Kingdom. Exercise Cambrian Patrol is a prestigious British Army exercise which is organized annually in the United Kingdom in Wales.

According to an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release, apart from the teams of the British army, military establishments from all over the world were also invited to participate. It was a three day exercise in which the teams, comprising of eight members, were required to infiltrate into simulated enemy lines and perform multiple tasks, including obstacle crossing, close target reconnaissance and infiltrate successfully in real time environments.

For 2010, a total of 86 teams participated in the exercise, including 70 British and 16 teams from other countries of the world

Talks with Taliban should begin ”pretty soon”: British army chief

LONDON – The head of the British Army says he believes talks with the Taliban should begin “pretty soon,” but that discussions shouldn”t lead insurgents to think they have an advantage.

Calling his position a “purely private view,” Gen. Sir David Richards told the BBC on Sunday that he didn”t know when talks could begin. But Richards, a former commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, said “there”s no reason why we shouldn”t be looking at that sort of thing pretty soon.”

He said in any counterinsurgency campaign comes “a point which you start to negotiate with each other.”

The military must continue its work alongside development efforts “to make sure that they don”t think that we are giving up. It”s a concurrent process and both are equally important,” Richards said.

Katrina Hodge Miss England

Katrina Hodge Miss now England :- Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge has become the new Miss England after Rachel Christie stepped down following her arrest over an alleged nightclub brawl. A statement from Miss England organisers said Rachel Christie, 21, had stepped down as she wanted to concentrate on clearing her name.

Miss Christie became involved in a dispute with another beauty queen, Miss Manchester, aka Sara Beverley Jones, at a Manchester nightclub earlier this week. It was later announced that Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge, who was first runner-up in the 2009 national contest, has become the new Miss England. L/Cpl Hodge has been given leave from her duties as a soldier in the British Army and will represent England in the Miss World Final in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday December 12. She was previously given an award by her unit in the Royal Anglian Regiment for her actions during a posting in Basra and has earned the nickname “Combat Barbie”.

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Katrina Hodge Miss England was first posted on November 7, 2009 at 9:36 pm.