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DOZENS of British troops were injured during a major exercise in Oman earlier this year, a Morning Star investigation has found.
And Britain’s most senior military officer in the repressive Middle Eastern sultanate was also involved in a car crash with a civilian, documents obtained via freedom of information reveal.
Documents obtained by the Star expose the cosy relationship between Britain’s military and the repressive Gulf monarchy.
The defence secretary’s resignation reveals not a split over principle but a dispute over pace of military spending, as Britain’s political Establishment unites behind deeper Nato commitments, argues NICK WRIGHT
While politicians fixate on defence budgets, the real answers lie in peace-building and economic justice, says ALAN SIMPSON
Outrage greeted Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that Britain stayed off the front lines. But evidence suggests our forces were at times pulled from the most dangerous fighting — not by military failure, but by pressure at home, says IAN SINCLAIR
As the government quietly upgrades the role of Britain’s special forces, their growing global footprint and near-total exemption from democratic oversight should alarm us all, says ROGER McKENZIE