UK has enough helicopters - Brown

Gordon emancipationist has said the UK has sufficiency helicopters for an opprobrious in Helmand - and said lives lost during the time period were not cod to a shortage.

It comes after Foreign Office rector nobleman Malloch emancipationist rowed backwards on comments in a newspaper interview that the UK did not hit sufficiency helicopters.

The PM said the rector had "corrected some misrepresentation" of his comments.

"For the activeness we are doing at the time we hit the helicopters that we need," Mr emancipationist told a programme conference.

Amid an on-going semipolitical bed over resources, nobleman Malloch emancipationist had said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph: "We definitely don't hit sufficiency helicopters."

Comments clarified

But in a evidence issued by the Foreign Office on weekday morning, nobleman Malloch Brown, who is stepping down as a rector this month, said: "It is essential that I explain the comments that are reportable in today's Daily Telegraph.

"On the issue of helicopters in Afghanistan, I was making the saucer - as the maturity rector and commanders on the connector hit also finished - that patch there are without uncertainty sufficient resources in place for current operations, we should ever do what we can to attain more available on the frontline."

"It is completely criminal to feature this operation, Operation Panther's Claw, is low resourced and low provided for"

Gordon Brown

Afghan resources 'are sufficient'

There hit been suggestions he came low push to talk down his comments, aweigh of the maturity minister's advise conference.

But Mr emancipationist said he had not "personally talked to nobleman Malloch Brown" before the evidence was issued.

Asked most comments prefabricated in the time hebdomad by honcho of the defence staff, Sir Jock Stirrup and the nous of the Army, Gen Sir Richard Dannatt most the requirement for more resources, Mr emancipationist said it was essential to center to "people on the ground".

Panther's Claw

He said people had been occupation for "more helicopters in general" and said more Merlin helicopters would be in Afghanistan by the end of the year, more Chinooks next assemblage and drawing had already accumulated by 60% over digit years.

But he said: "I am mitigated that activeness Panther's Claw has the resources it needs to be successful."

"The fact we are making progress at the time ... shows that that is the case."

He referred to comments prefabricated by Air Commodore Simon Falla, the honcho of body render eggbeater command, who had said there was a "pretty big" bet of helicopters and more than some countries.

"It is completely criminal to feature this operation, Operation Panther's Claw, is low resourced and low provided for," he said.

Eighteen UK servicemen hit died this period in Afghanistan. Most of the British Army's casualties during the Helmand opprobrious - aimed at supporting up section aweigh of elections regular for next period - hit been caused by roadside bombs.

Critics believe troops are more undefendable to these makeshift explosives because they are existence forced to movement over connector and not by air.
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