Ministry of Defence: Visiting forces costing Britain money

Ministry of Defence: Visiting forces costing Britain money
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=42269

{EXCERPT}, by Bryan Mitchell, Stars and Stripes European edition,
Tuesday, December 19, 2006

RAF MILDENHALL, England ? The British Ministry of Defence has paid
more than $2 million to British citizens in the past three years for a
host of claims ranging from personal injury to damage caused by
low-flying aircraft of visiting forces ? the majority of which are
U.S. Air Force.

The MOD paid $420,000 for 48 claims filed by British citizens in
fiscal 2004-2005, according to an MOD report. Of that sum, roughly
$300,000 is connected to personal injuries and road traffic accidents,
the report stated.

All told, in the past three years the Ministry of Defence has paid out
180 of the 252 claims filed against what it terms visiting forces,
which includes troops from Holland, Belgium, Germany and the United
States, according to the MOD report.

The majority of c...

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