British surgeons and nurses operate on one of four casualties injured by gunshot wounds in Helmund Province, at the joint forces field hospital in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan November 4, 2007. Photograph taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Steve Lewis (AFGHANISTAN) 

British surgeons and nurses operate on one of four casualties injured by gunshot wounds in Helmund Province, at the joint forces field hospital in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, November 4, 2007. Photograph taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Steve Lewis (AFGHANISTAN)

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British medics wheel one of four casualties injured in Helmund Province, to the operating theatre at the joint forces field hospital in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan November 4, 2007. Photograph taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Steve Lewis (AFGHANISTAN) 

British surgeons and nurses operate on one of four casualties injured by gunshot wounds in Helmund Province, at the joint forces field hospital in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, November 4, 2007. Photo taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Steve Lewis (AFGHANISTAN)

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British medics assess the injuries of one of four casualties injured by gunshot wounds, at the joint forces field hospital in Camp Bastion, in Helmund Province, Afghanistan November 4, 2007. Photograph taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Steve Lewis (AFGHANISTAN) 

British surgeons and nurses operate on one of four casualties injured by gunshot wounds during an operation in Helmund Province, at the joint forces field hospital in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, November 4, 2007. Photograph taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Steve Lewis (AFGHANISTAN)


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British surgeons and nurses prepare one of four casualties injured by gunshot wounds in Helmund Province, at the joint forces field hospital in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan November 4, 2007. Photograph taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Steve Lewis (AFGHANISTAN) 

British medics examine a bullet wound to one of four casualties injured by gunshot wounds, at the joint forces field hospital in Camp Bastion, in Helmund Province, Afghanistan November 4, 2007. Photograph taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Steve Lewis (AFGHANISTAN) 

British surgeons and nurses operate on one of four casualties injured by gunshot wounds in Helmund Province, at the joint forces field hospital in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan November 4, 2007. Photograph taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Steve Lewis (AFGHANISTAN) 

British military Medics wait for the arrival of four casualties with gunshot wounds, at the joint forces field hospital in Camp Bastion, in Helmund Province, Afghanistan November 4, 2007. Photograph taken November 4, 2007. REUTERS/Steve Lewis (AFGHANISTAN)