She also warned the Colombian authorities that if they tried to rescue her she would "meet them with machine guns, mines and mortars".

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Most of the victims are relatively young troops who were injured by the land mines, mortars and suicide bombs that have permeated the Iraq conflict.

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Mr Fury also claims they were denied mines and mortars, and that some troops, planes and other assets were actually withdrawn from the country just when they needed them.

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