In memory of a battle in the town of Musa Qala in Afghanistan in 2006, involving the Royal Irish Regiment, a new regimental march, composed by Chris Attrill and commissioned by Larne Borough Council, was gifted to the regiment on Saturday 1 November 2008 in Larne, during an event in which the regiment was also presented with the 'Freedom of the Borough'.
The situation created a crisis for the ISAF forces in Afghanistan, on the very day that the British commanding officer General David Richards handed over charge of the ISAF team to an American, General Dan K. McNeill; MacNeil suggested that "surgical and deliberate" force would be used to evict the fighters from Musa Qala.
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In the long run, however, attempts to win over the population appear to have failed, especially under the NATO strategy of air bombing which killed more than 4,600 Afghan noncombatants from 2001 to 2006, according to a study by University of New Hampshire economist Marc W. Herold.
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In memory of a prior conflict, in 2006, involving the British Royal Irish Regiment, a new Regimental March, composed by Chris Attrill and commissioned by Larne Borough Council, was gifted to the regiment on Saturday 1 November 2008 in Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland during an event in which the regiment was presented with the 'Freedom of the Borough'.
Musa | Musa (genus) | Musa balbisiana | Musa acuminata | Wadi Musa | Said Musa | Musa Smith | Qala, Malta | Qala | Musa Hassan | Musa al-Sadr | Kara Musa Pasha | Foday Musa Suso | Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa | Solomon Musa | Musa peekelii | Musa lolodensis | Musa ibn Bugha al-Kabir | Musa Celik | Musa al-Kadhim | Lancia Musa | Koca Musa Pasha | Battle of Qala-i-Jangi | Annuar Musa | Ali Musa Daqduq | Ahmed Hassan Musa | Abu Musa | Umaru Musa Yar'Adua | Shehu Musa Yar'Adua | Qala i Naw, Afghanistan |