The Iraq war ended years ago yet the death toll still continues to rise, as Corporal Christopher Read became the 159th military fatality, hopes of British consolidation still seem distant.
Another death has decimated the Government's hopes of consolidating the monumetal cock-up that is Iraq. Corporal Christoper Read takes the mantle of another lost future, whist more loved-one's tears flood the gulf.
Corporal Christopher Read was admired by his peers. Lieutenat Colonel Simon Miller, the regiments Commanding Officer, quoted that "The regiment is heartbroken...Chris was a rising star". He becomes the 159th military personnel to fall in combat whilst attempting to defeat insurgents, who had previously attacked the Iraqi Provincal Joint Co-ordination Centre, a base of Iraqi and multinational security forces. Searches and arrests were made and as soldiers returned from the operation they came under attack from militants. Corporal Read was fataly shot, and was unable to fulfill his hopes of extending his post at RAF Bulford to be close to his friends and family.
Corporal Read will be greatly missed by friends, families and colleagues. His death will send yet another message to the Government that the futures ruined and the blood spilt in Iraq must end.