14 seconds ago 2009-12-09T05:10:05-08:00
LONDON – Hundreds are expected to line the streets of the small English town of Wootton Bassett to watch the repatriation of the bodies of six soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
Five of the soldiers — three members of the Grenadier Guards and two from the Royal Military Police — were killed in one incident on Nov. 3, when an Afghan police officer turned on them. The shootings led many to ask why British lives were being lost in a country far away.
Though British troops have been in Afghanistan since late 2001, the sacrifices made by the country's military have been coming into sharper focus over recent weeks. More than 200 British servicemen have died in combat in Afghanistan.
The flag-draped coffins are set to arrive in Wootton Bassett later Tuesday.
