Czech special unit portrayed as cowards

The Czech Defense Ministry is looking into complaints from the British military in Afghanistan after a Czech commander repeatedly refused to send his men into action. The Czech daily Mladá fronta Dnes reported on Wednesday that the Czechs were acquiring a reputation of cowards, after the commander of a special operations unit refused to take part in an anti-terrorist operation on the grounds that it was “too dangerous”. The paper said that after being let down on several occasions the Brits had started working with Danish troops instead, leaving the specially trained Czech unit to serve as bodyguards for diplomats.