#irish-army

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fromIndependent
1 week ago

'It's an insult to Billy and all the Irish soldiers who died' - retired sergeant's anger as UN to withdraw peacekeepers from Lebanon

Private Billy Kedian saved 11 comrades by alerting them to incoming fire and was killed by shrapnel in a missile strike in south Lebanon.
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fromIndependent
1 week ago

'It's an insult to Billy and all the Irish soldiers who died out there' - retired sergeant Larry Carty's anger as UN to withdraw peacekeepers from Lebanon

Private Billy Kedian saved 11 comrades by alerting and sheltering them from incoming fire, dying from missile shrapnel; UN withdrawal seen as an insult.
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