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July, 2006 More delays for Afghan troops The Scotsman, 25 July 2006 British forces in Afghanistan will have a three-month wait before they receive two urgently needed helicopters to move troops around, it emerged yesterday.
Police searching for hairdresser find remains buried in garden The Scotsman, 24 July 2006 A man was due to appear in court today after human remains were found in the garden of a heavily bloodstained house. Police searching for missing hairdresser Ilene O'Connor, 39, found the remains buried in the garden of a house in the ...
£600,000 bill from government phones The Scotsman, 21 July 2006 A nine-month investigation into how the Foreign Office was landed with a bill of almost GBP 600,000 for three satellite telephones issued to staff in Iraq has concluded they were used to call premium-rate numbers operating from the South Pacific
Black Watch to be sent for third tour of duty in Iraq The Scotsman, 19 July 2006, 244 words, (English) Soldiers from the Black Watch are to be sent to Iraq for the third time in three years as the government struggles to plug gaps. About 120 soldiers from the battalion - now part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland - will go to Iraq.
Doubts raised over wartime chemical tests The Scotsman, 15 July 2006 Trials of chemical agents on human volunteers at Porton Down involved "serious departures" from the ethical standards that should have been observed, the Government admitted yesterday.
Statistics cast doubt on claims of Gulf war syndrome The Scotsman, 15 July 2006 Fewer soldiers who served in the Gulf war have subsequently died than those who were not deployed, a study has shown.
Group linked to al-Qaeda is main suspect in Indian train bombings The Scotsman, 13 July 2006 Indian government agents are centring their investigations into Tuesday's mass train bombings in Mumbai on two of the groups blamed for the training of the 7/7 London bombers.
Gulf war veteran charged over murders The Scotsman, 11 July 2006 Traumatised veterans of the first Gulf war are at risk of committing violent acts because they have not received support after leaving Britain's armed forces, mental health experts warned.
Afghanistan stretches MoD to limits The Scotsman, 11 July 2006 Senior defence sources last night admitted they were struggling to find the resources to reinforce Britain's military presence in Afghanistan as it was confirmed just 175 of the 870 new troops to be deployed there would be infantrymen.
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