Sitrep 22nd September 2011

BFBS Radio Sitrep - A podcast by BFBS Radio - Thursdays

 The latest from Libya as anti-Gaddafi forces battle their way to Sirte Two years ago former Ghurkhas won the right to stay in the UK, but is the infrastructure there to support them? What the Libl Dem’s think about defence issues. And why World War One still fascinates us after all these years  PRESENTER:     Matt Teale STUDIO GUESTS:  BFBS’s defence analyst, Christopher Lee.   INTERVIEWS WITH:Alastair Leithead, BBC Correspondent en route to Sirte, Libya with the NTC troops.  The BBC’s correspondent in Kabul,, Bilal SarwaryGerald Howarth, Conservative MP for Aldershot, one area where former Gurkhas have settled.Peter Carroll, of the Justice For  Gurkhas CampaignBritish Forces News’ reporter James Hirst from the Lib Dem Party conference.British Forces News’ reporter Tim Cooper visits the  replica WW1 trenches used by the popular TV series, Downton Abbey