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The British government is facing heavy criticism for trying to reclaim some of the compensation awarded to two injured soldiers at a time when the country's troops are sustaining heavy losses in Afghanistan.
On a day when church bells across Britain chimed for the repatriation of four more soldiers killed in Afghanistan, lawyers for the government were in a London court arguing in favour of rolling back the compensation paid to two troops injured in the line of duty.
The British defence ministry is appealing the cases of the soldiers who were initially awarded compensation for their injuries and successfully argued for more money for complications that arose during their treatment.
One, who was shot while serving in Iraq, received around $94,000 Cdn. The other broke his leg in a training exercise and received around $59,000 Cdn.
But the ministry wants some of that money back, arguing it is only required to pay service members for their initial injuries, not for other problems that may arise later.
It comes a day after two more soldiers were killed in Helmand province on Monday, bringing the total number of British military fatalities since operations began in Afghanistan in 2001 to 191.
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The British government is facing heavy criticism for trying to reclaim some of the compensation awarded to two injured soldiers at a time when the country's troops are sustaining heavy losses in Afghanistan.
On a day when church bells across Britain chimed for the repatriation of four more soldiers killed in Afghanistan, lawyers for the government were in a London court arguing in favour of rolling back the compensation paid to two troops injured in the line of duty.
The British defence ministry is appealing the cases of the soldiers who were initially awarded compensation for their injuries and successfully argued for more money for complications that arose during their treatment.
One, who was shot while serving in Iraq, received around $94,000 Cdn. The other broke his leg in a training exercise and received around $59,000 Cdn.
But the ministry wants some of that money back, arguing it is only required to pay service members for their initial injuries, not for other problems that may arise later.
It comes a day after two more soldiers were killed in Helmand province on Monday, bringing the total number of British military fatalities since operations began in Afghanistan in 2001 to 191.
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