Sitrep August 7th 2014

How did one Afghan gunman beat the security cordon and kill an American General? How does the MOD consistently fail its veterans? How is it that Twitter can get a Gaza ceasefire, when the world powers cannot? What really started the First World War? And 10 artefacts that tell the story of the conflict. PRESENTER: James Hirst STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS: The Defence Editor of the Times, Deborah Haynes Professor Paul Rogers, from the Department for Peace Studies at Bradford University 'BFBS Presenter Mikaela Roche, discussing her BFBS documentary “Artefacts and Armaments: Ten objects that tell the story of the First World War.” Will be broadcast Sunday 10th August on BFBS Radio at 3pm. THURSDAYS at 4:30 UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30 UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211 Alternatively listen again on the website