{"id":408279,"date":"2010-03-08T04:21:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T09:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidicke.com\/headlines\/31349-army-faces-afghan-gag-for-election"},"modified":"2010-03-08T04:21:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T09:21:21","slug":"army-faces-afghan-gag-for-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/408279","title":{"rendered":"Army Faces Afghan Gag for Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘British journalists and TV crews are to be banned from the Afghan front line once a date for the election has been set, while senior officers will be prohibited from making public speeches and talking to reporters.<\/p>\n

MoD websites will also be \u201ccleansed\u201d of any \u201cnon-factual\u201d material including anything containing troops\u2019 opinions of the war<\/a>, according to a memo leaked to The Daily Telegraph. The edict comes as Gordon Brown<\/a> was accused of using British troops as \u201cpolitical props\u201d by visiting Afghanistan<\/a> the day after giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq<\/a> War<\/a>. The war<\/a> in Afghanistan<\/a> is likely to be a sensitive political issue in the election campaign.’<\/p>\n

Read more: Army Faces Afghan Gag for Election<\/a><\/p>\n

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