Hundreds mourn 6 soldiers killed in Afghanistan amid rising anger over war

Anger over Afghan war as 6 UK war dead mourned

Hundreds to line streets of UK town for return of bodies of 6 soldiers killed in Afghanistan

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Doubts rise as 10 British soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan in 10 days

WOOTTON BASSETT, England — Thousands of mourners bowed their heads in tribute Friday to the passing coffins of British soldiers killed in a new offensive in Afghanistan, where the climbing toll has created doubts in Britain about the human cost of the war.

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  • smckane Get a lump in my throat every time Wootton Bassett is on telly now. Always wonder if I know who's in the hearse. A Royal prefix is deserved.
  • capricorn_one Just watching the news, Hooooray for the folks of Wootton Bassett for honouring our dead service men and women.
  • montsetojeiro What a desperately sorry and sad state of affairs seeing the soldiers come home through Wootton Bassett today...
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  • suntattoo66 upset by watching the bodies of 6 UK war dead return from Afghanistan to WOOTTON BASSETT, such a waste
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