It is not easy sending parcels to troops O/S
This might be ajoke (i hope)
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Army bomb disposal experts called in to defuse Christmas crackers
Last updated at 01:21am on 10th December 2007
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Hundreds of packages sent from family and friends to soldiers serving abroad have had to be "disabled" because regulations class the snap strip in crackers as an explosive.
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Britain is postage free and seems relatively easy
BBC NEWS | UK | Postage-free packages for troops
Send season's greetings to British troops on the front line this Christmas - Telegraph
Although the Brits can be pinickity
Parcel for soldier hero is sent back because it is two poppies too heavy | the Daily Mail
USA has a mile of regulations and you pay
Any Soldier Inc. ... How to Send
The Kiwis send over hundreds of parcels free.
Scoop: Christmas Parcels For Kiwi Troops
Canada is doing something?
Australia I cant find at all?
Afghanistan is a forgotten war isn't it?
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'Our boys are so shattered' ... families plead for more Afghanistan troops
Defence Secretary to call for reinforcements from Nato amid claims that British soldiers are just too tired to fight
Mark Townsend, defence correspondent
Sunday September 17, 2006
The Observer
Relatives of British troops serving in Afghanistan's Helmand province have raised serious concerns over the safety of soldiers, claiming many are so exhausted they are finding it difficult to operate properly.
A growing number of wives, mothers, girlfriends and sisters have decided to speak out over the 'intolerable' pressures on loved ones amid fears that, unless more Nato countries agree to send extra troops, the situation will deteriorate further.
The women describe how soldiers
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'Our boys are so shattered' ... families plead for more Afghanistan troops | World | The Observer
