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Article: Leader: Ministers must take their share of the blame for Nimrod tragedy
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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THE report into the crash of the RAF Nimrod spy plane in 2006,
with the loss of all 14 servicemen on board, comes to a damning
conclusion.
Charles Haddon-Cave QC found the loss of the Nimrod MR2 over
Afghanistan occurred because of a "systemic breach" of the military
covenant, the principle which underpins the relationship between the
country and its servicemen and women.
Under the covenant, which formally applies only to the army but
is held to cover the air force and the navy, those who we ask to
risk their lives for their country should be valued and respected.
They and their families should be "sustained and rewarded" by the
state.
In his report, Mr Haddon-Cave said what he called ...