Sangin Handed To US Soldiers After Becoming A Death Trap For UK Royal Marines



Sangin – Town That Became A Death Trap For UK Soldiers – Passed To US -- The Guardian

Simple handshake as flags are lowered and raised in town that claimed the lives of more than 100 British troops

The handover of control of the district where more British blood has been shed than anywhere else in Afghanistan was kept low-key. No journalist was on hand to record the simple handshake and the lowering and raising of flags that marked the assumption of US command in a town that became a death trap for British soldiers.

One British military spokesman even described the handover of the Helmand district of Sangin as a relatively "private affair" between 40 Commando Royal Marines and the US marine corps.

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