Those families are going to take their own action, I understand all that.”Labour MP Pat McFadden, an adviser to Blair during the Iraq war, said: “There is an inescapable question. The report had found that British troops were deployed in Iraq with “serious equipment shortfalls when the conflict began”. Members of the public and soldiers’ families resorted to sending equipment – including, in at least one case, body armour – to British troops in Iraq, fearing they were not being supplied with adequate kit, MPs have been told. Tory MP Johnny Mercer, a former soldier, criticised the military for failing to stand up for its troops by sending them off to combat without the right equipment. “We as a military betrayed those individuals who lost their lives in this conflict as a direct result of equipment shortages,” he said.

Source: The Guardian July 14, 2016 15:41 UTC