RIP Lance Corporal Liam Tasker: What Will A Soldier In Libya Have Died For?
RIP Lance Corporal Liam Tasker. He was shot in Afghanistan on March 1 while on patrol with his Springer spaniel Theo. Dog and handler found 14 caches of bombs and weapons caches in just five months.
Last week the Army dog handler was repatriated in a pass through Wootton Bassett. Today, his funeral was held at Tayport Parish Church in Fife. The legend has it that Theo died “from a broken heart”.
Cprl Tasker was the 358th member of the British armed forces to die since operations in Afghanistan began in 2001.
He died to help make this country safer. His work was in the national interest. But what happens when a British soldier dies in Libya? In whose interest will he have laid down his life..?
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Lance Corporal Liam Tasker's sister Laura Tasker (blonde hair), girlfriend Leah (back row, head tilted) sister Nicola Duffy (centre) and mother Jane Duffy (far right) pictured with other family members (names not known) watching as the coffin of the Army dog handler is carried from Tayport Parish Church in Fife, after his funeral. Lance Corporal Tasker was killed in Afghanistan on March 1 while on patrol with his Springer spaniel Theo.
Posted: 22nd, March 2011 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
