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| Brown in tribute to dead marines | |
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| Gordon Brown has paid tribute to the four Royal Marines who were killed in separate explosions in Afghanistan while on a visit to the country. | Gordon Brown has paid tribute to the four Royal Marines who were killed in separate explosions in Afghanistan while on a visit to the country. |
| He said the men "died in the front line of terror" and "would never be forgotten" for what they had achieved on behalf of Britain. | |
| He told troops based in Helmand province that "we are safer in Britain" because of the work they do there. | |
| After his visit, he travelled to Kabul for talks with President Hamid Karzai. | |
| On Friday, a Royal Marine from 45 Commando was injured in an explosion in the Sangin area of Helmand province and died on the way to hospital at Camp Bastion. | |
| In a separate incident, two marines from 45 Commando and one from Commando Logistics Regiment died in a second blast south of Sangin. | |
| This brings the total number of British military personnel who have lost their lives in Afghanistan since the start of the operations in 2001 to 132. | |
| Speaking to forces at Camp Bastion, the main British military base in Afghanistan, the prime minister said: "We are safer in Britain, the people of Britain are safer, because of what you do here. | |
| "Checking the Taliban, operating as the front line against them, making sure that they cannot make advances, holding them in, and holding al-Qaeda in as well." |