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BFBS SitrepSitrep June 17th 2010
In Sitrep today ....Afghanistan - Another lost cause? Or, the war that never was. President Obama - proving no one can win three wars at once. In Iraq - why…
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Sitrep June 10th 2010
In this week's Sitrep.......The long, ho, lethal summer ahead in Afghanistanbut what if Pakistan could control the insurgents? China - can she control North…
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Sitrep June 3rd 2010
In today’s Sitrep.......Free Gaza? Or handing terrorists victory on a plate Are western leaders too cowardly to save lives. Arms sales: Why we're all broke…
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Sitrep May 27th 2010
Is Obama waiting for the UK to quit Afghanistan? In the Middle East - the Blair-Bush experiment & the damage to the UK. In the UK, the SDR defence review -…
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Sitrep May 6th 2010
In today's Sitrep: Sitrep brings you a special discussion on the world the newly-elected prime minister will be facing. What will be at the top of his in-tray?…
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Sitrep April 29th 2010
Sitrep Trail 29 April In today’s Sitrep: Afghanistan: Why no one knows how to fix it and why they never did. Iraq: Why the killing goes on and why we should…
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Sitrep April 22nd 2010
The Great Debate - this week it's Defence & Foreign Affairs but do Brown, Cameron & Clegg really know what they're talking about? The new security challenges…
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Sitrep April 15th 2010
Is the Defence Debate - sterile or virile? Why are there thousands of ex-service personnel in prison. Why the Americans are quitting Death Valley. Will…
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Sitrep April 1st 2010
In Sitrep today: Afghanistan - can we trust the journalists there to tell us the real story. In Iraq - are the politicians dumping on democracy & are the…
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Sitrep March 25th 2010
In Sitrep today: Afghanistan - why the answers are harder than the questions, why we need to talk to the enemy and the Taliban on-line. Is Iraq a mess or a…
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Sitrep March 18th 2010
In Sitrep today: Soft power, hard power, nuclear power, cyber-war, organized crime – is that the future for defence? Plus, cutting nuclear weapons down to size…
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Sitrep March 11th 2010
Afghanistan, why the foreign office thinks President Karzai's lost it. Israel, why Jerusalem's not negotiable. The Coroner has spoken, but is it too simple to…
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Sitrep March 4th 2010
Why don’t we trust the MoD? And why assassinations are an everyday part of democracy in Iraq.
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Sitrep 25th February
In today's Sitrep: Why Obama can't win in America. After 10 long years the Bloody Sunday Inquiry report is due to be published - but what will it say?
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Sitrep February 18th 2010
Day by day analysis of Operation Moshtarak and how World War II thinking could save Afghanistan from Taliban.
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Sitrep February 11th 2010
In this week's programme: Helmand - why Moshtarak is make or break in Helmand and why Trident won't be up for grabs in the strategic defence review.
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Sitrep February 4th 2010
Why does the navy has more admirals than warships? Why are there are more civvies in MOD than the RN & RAF put together?
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Sitrep January 28th 2010
Afghanistan - promises promises promises - but we're in it for the long haul. And The Blair Witch Trial - not many friends left in court
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Sitrep January 21st 2010
Why MI6 turned its back on real Intelligence. Should we sing happy birthday Mr President and Why next week's Afghanistan Summit is part of the UK election…
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Sitrep January 14th 2010
In Sitrep today.....Liar or Genius - why the Blair Trial started this week.
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Sitrep December 31st 2009
Sitrep's annual review of not just the year gone by, but the decade, and a look ahead to 2010.
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Sitrep December 24th 2009
What sort of equipment would all three services wish for in the 2010 stocking?
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Sitrep December 17th 2009
What sort of equipment would all three services wish for in the 2010 stocking?
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Sitrep December 10th 2009
Why did the MI6 man blink? Why did generals fail their IQ tests? And why are warheads on foreheads doing the business? Obama has spoken
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Sitrep December 3rd 2009
Obama has spoken: now what happens? Is the war on terrorism all done by July 20-11 or is that election speak?
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Sitrep November 12th 2009
Afghanistan: Waiting for Obama & why Brown doesn’t really matter. Plus, Iraq - the stench of oil and the whiff of fudge.
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Sitrep November 5th 2009
Why more people are saying troops out of Afghanistan plus....Berlin - the day the wall came down, were we really free?
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Sitrep October 15th 2009
Why is the MOD always in the political firing line? Should the military be kicked out of the MOD...and why the battle against Taliban is in Pakistan.
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Sitrep October 1st 2009
Are we about to see a completely new plan on Afghanistan? Is America asking the big question: why are we here? Because if America is, then so must the UK.
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Sitrep September 24th 2009
Why one Trident less won't fix the defence budget and why not put the Afghanistan budget into Homeland Security?
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Sitrep September 17th 2009
The truth about defence cuts - why they would completely change the face of the military...line by line analysis in today's edition of Sitrep.
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Sitrep September 10th 2009
Has PM Gordon Brown got it wrong about Afghanistan? How arms sales boost the economy, are the bombers back in Northern Ireland and why didn't the world come to…
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Sitrep September 3rd 2009
On the anniversary of the outbreak of World War 11 today's Sitrep presents your personal guide to one hundred years of the days war broke out, plus a global…
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Sitrep August 20th 2009
Today we're looking at famous speeches and the leaders who made them . Famous military leaders have played with words to inspire troops, indeed, nations. We…
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Sitrep August 13th 2009
Do you think Britain should have nuclear warheads? Should the UK renew Trident? Is it just a military question? What about the morality of the mushroom? Hear…
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Sitrep August 6th 2009
Why are the political knives out for General Dannatt? And why is Washington gunning for the UK’s X-file hunter?
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Sitrep July 30th 2009
General Dannatt’s latest salvo at government on Afghanistan but will MOD & Number Ten dodge the real issues? And....just how good are British forces in Helmand?
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Sitrep July 23rd 2009
Everyone’s talking helicopters for Helmand...but isn’t that a smokescreen. Isn’t the real story this: we’re in the wrong war. Strategy’s being written on the…
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Sitrep July 16th 2009
In Sitrep today: Afghanistan: men & equipment. Politics gone mad or incompetent military planning? Who’s right? Who’s wrong? Prisoner handling...why it’s so…
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Sitrep July 9th 2009
In Sitrep today: Afghanistan – why the MOD thinks we have to be told why we’re there; Drone Warfare – does it do what the brochures says it does; is the…
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Sitrep July 2nd 2009
No money so no defence. Is that the no-brainer for the next ten years in the MOD? Plus: Foreign media students in a top London college....what are they after?…
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Sitrep June 25th 2009
Caring for service men and women in need - why can't MOD get it right? Plus: More body-bags in Iraq & Afghanistan - why the figures don't impress the British…
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Sitrep June 18th 2009
In Sitrep today.....Iran – is this really the end of the Islamic Revolution & do western governments really want that anyway? And in spite of the rhetoric…
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Sitrep June 11th 2009
In today’s Sitrep..... AFGHANISTAN: Just 18 months to win the war; Interrogation: what are the rules & who breaks them? . IRAN: voting starts in the morning…
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Sitrep June 4th 2009
Does the White House really know where it’s going in the Middle east? Could we really be heading for a war with North Korea? Does Israel really think war with…
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Sitrep May 28th 2009
British troops have pulled out of Iraq. Was it all worth it? And after Iraq, what does the rest of the world think of us? Aliens from a colonial time machine?…
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Sitrep May 21st 2009
In today’s Sitrep..... dozens killed & wounded in Baghdad bombings – but does the great British public care anymore? Why has President Obama fallen into the…
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Sitrep May 14th 2009
Why does the MoD have such problem with its equipment; do warriors get enough exercise; why the government won’t allow Iraqi interpreters into the UK; the real…
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Sitrep May 7th 2009
This week's programme looks at the future of Devonport Naval Base, as well as the growing crisis in the border regions of Pakistan...
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Sitrep April 30th 2009
Iraq dominates this week, but Christopher Lee and guests also look at Britain's new policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan...