Sitrep August 30th 2012

SITREP August 30th
 
How will this week’s green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan affect post-2014 withdrawal?
 
As the US Presidential election campaign heats up - what is the foreign & defence policy strategies of the Democrat and the Republicans parties?
 
Why there’s growing concern over Mali in Africa.
 
And why there’s such a close bond between the Paralympics and the military.
 
PRESENTER:  Glen Mansell
STUDIO GUEST:  BFBS’s defence analyst, Christopher Lee  
 
Interviews:
BBC’s Quentin Sommerville in Kabul on Afghanistan
Patrick Smith, Editor of Africa Confidential, discussing Mali
Matthew Jamison from RUSI talking about the forthcoming US elections
British Forces News reporter Tim Cooper on the Paralympics
 
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