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Welcome to Khartoum

on 09 Oct 2008

[video:youtube:uA3FOuo8iDo] The reassuring voice of air traffic control as you land in Khartoum International Airport courtesy of Blake Evans-Pritchard, “I must apologise for the time it took for us to taxi across the runway,” announced the pilot once we had touched down in Khartoum’s airport - already, his voice was...more


Deborah Haynes gets upgraded

on 10 Mar 2008

Times newspaper reporter Deborah Haynes blogs about the rigmarole associated with getting flights in Iraq as she seeks out the 'Freedom Express' on a mission to Mosul only to get upgraded to cockpit class, Travelling to northern Iraq for an embed is always a bit of a gamble because...more


May the Mastiff be with you

on 30 Aug 2007

Yesterday Frontline Club head honcho, Vaughan Smith, met the blast-proof 'Mastiff PPV' for the first time. As 25 tonne, £265,000 combustion engine powered vehicles go, it's rather impressive. Introduced in September 2006, the gargantuan armour plated truck is quite literally a lifesaver, according to the Royal Tank Regiment's Corporal...more