Afghanistan Fatality
- November 28th, 2008
- Posted by EUEditor
The Australian Defence Force has released the name of the Army officer killed in Afghanistan on Thursday (27.11.08).
Lieutenant Michael Fussell, 25, unmarried, died after the detonation of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during a dismounted patrol by commandos from the Special Operations Task group in Oruzgan Provice. Two others were slightly wounded. His death brings to seven the number of Australians killed during the present Afghanistan commitment.
The Australian Defence Minister, Joel Fitzgibbon, has reiterated demands for stepped up contributions of troops from European countries in the North Atlantic Alliance, to the NATO-led military effort in Afghanistan. (See EUAustralia Online, 24.3.08, Rudd Takes NATO – Afghanistan Concerns to the Top; 11, 18.2.08, More Say on Afghanistan).
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