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'Every man and woman is born equal under gun law'

Analysis: The death of a female Intelligence Corps soldier brings the total number of UK servicewomen killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003 to five.

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IAN BRUCE, Defence Correspondent

The death of a female Intelligence Corps soldier brings the total number of UK servicewomen killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003 to five.

She is also the first British or American woman to die as a result of hostile action in Afghanistan.