je me rends
I surrender
Posted on 06/17/2012 8:20:22 AM PDT by the scotsman
'They killed with apparent impunity, effortlessly dodging capture by the world’s deadliest special forces.
Nothing, it seemed, could stop Al Qaeda’s two top Iraqi terrorists as they orchestrated a campaign of high-profile kidnappings, car bombings and executions in Baghdad and beyond.
At the height of their reign, one of them, Maher Ahmed Mahmoud az-Zubeidi, better known by his alias Abu Rami, was believed to have been responsible for the murders of 200 people each month.
Yet perhaps even more ferocious was his charismatic co-leader, Abu Uthman, whose exploits in two battles in Fallujah earned him the nickname Abu Nimr – The Tiger.
The American military bestowed on him a more prosaic title: Number One HVI (high-value individual).
Uthman was linked to the murder of British aid worker Margaret Hassan and the kidnapping of British peace activist Norman Kember and – like Rami – had the blood of hundreds of soldiers and civilians on his hands.
But by mid-2008, despite years of trying, US special forces were still no nearer tracing either of the men who, helped by a vast network of supporters, rarely slept in the same beds for longer than a few weeks.
The Russians were also searching. Rami was blamed for the beheading of four embassy workers abducted from a diplomatic car in Baghdad and Vladimir Putin put a £7 million price on his head and a team of assassins on his tail.
Until today the true extent of the Al Qaeda men’s murderous influence has never been revealed and neither has the extraordinary story of how they were eventually stopped.
The Mail on Sunday can disclose that it was not US special forces who finally killed Rami and captured Uthman – as was reported at the time by The Washington Post – but the SAS.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Bravo to the SAS or whoever did the deed.
The SAS has an incredible history along with its sister/brother units. It’s “who dares wins” as their moto says. Excellent work.
‘Bisto is a well-known brand of traditional British foods in the United Kingdom, most famous for its gravy products.’
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisto
Typical.
How many “Sargeant A’s” are there in US special forces?
Given that he needed skin-tanning, I assume he’s a gringo. But having the language ability and cultural knowledge that would allow him to pass as a local Iraqi car merchant? Quite impressive.
They were armed with short-barrelled machine guns and carried alsatian dogs. The remaining windows were smashed and the dogs thrown inside.
Scaling down a building while holding a dog takes some skill. Smashing the window while holding the dog and then tossing the dog in takes even more skill. BTW, I had to look up Alsatian to see what kind of dog it is. It is a German Shepherd, just a different name.
Suddenly SAS troopers dressed in black kit scaled the rooftop and swung down.
They were armed with short-barrelled machine guns and carried alsatian dogs. The remaining windows were smashed and the dogs thrown inside.
“Wearing a flowing cotton shirt,...”
Sounds very spiritual doesn’t it. The Leftists in the media do whatever they can to suck up to the Muzzies.
I just call it a dirty night shirt.
Carrying Alsatians while fast roping off a roof in the middle of that Hellhole??????
Blessed Mother, please, please, please don't ever let me piss off one of those little Spector guys. I don't want my big ass knocked out by someone who weighs a buck fifty
Sigh. Spector=specfor
Those wiry guys will kick your ass every time.
Evidently the breed is from the Alsace (Elsass) region. Therefore it's a GermanFrenchGermanFrenchGermanFrench Shepherd.
The dogs were shot and Obama had them for lunch.
“Suddenly SAS troopers dressed in black kit scaled the rooftop and swung down.
They were armed with short-barrelled machine guns and carried alsatian dogs. The remaining windows were smashed and the dogs thrown inside.”
These dudes mean business.
I bet those Moslems were getting major backside pant stains when a pack of trained SAS dogs were let loose.
Kinda reminds me of a sci-fi book I read where it was that humanity was given the gift of the canine species from another planet to eventually become earths savior when a dreaded enemy sweeps across the planet. This alien enemy feared the dogs more so than any weapon the humans possessed, plus the dogs had a secret weapon or two.
I didn’t know a alsatian dog is the same as a German Shepherd
Obama told them how to do it.
Yeah, believe me, I know. So far I have avoided having a triathlete looking down on me while thinking “knocking out that big dude made me look real good” :-)
Somehow a French Shepard guard dog just doesn’t inspire fear.
I remember another sci-fi story where aliens come to earth to establish peaceful relations. Everything is going well, but the ship telepath approaches the commander and suggests they are dealing with the wrong species. He bleives dogs are telepathically controlling humans. He points out that humans work long hours to provide homes and food for dogs, pamper them, and treat them like family. Moreover, he is somehow blocked from reading their minds. And the humans even gave them a pair of dogs to take back to their world. The commader dismisses his concerns as crazy.
The telepath decides to wait to bring it up when they get back rather than continue to argue with his commander. As he goes to look out the open door of the spaceship before it’s closed for takeoff, one of the dogs runs under his feet, he trips and falls to his death. The story ends with the ship heading home, and the commander bending down to scratch the ear of the dog laying at his feet.
Bisto gravy is enough to kill anyone.
Oi!.
Nothing wrong with Bisto.
If American, he might have used Kitchen Bouquet.
Oy!
I hate Bisto!
My English-born wife loves Bisto. She doesn’t have to special order it from England anymore since a local grocery store sells it. For her it’s nothing but Bisto. Bisto is alright, but I like all sorts of gravy brands. I just wish they’d sell Vimto over here.
Why?.
70% of the UK uses it and its been popular for over 100 years. I use it. Bisto is perfectly fine stuff.
Vimto, I don’t know. I have Maggai on my shelves and I don’t like that either (pure salt).
I recommend everyone read Nigel Slater’s fun book “Eating for England,” in which he writes about his love-hate relationship to Bisto (and other British food items). The book has a gorgeous photo of Brighton Rock on the cover.
It’s just that I make my gravy from scratch. I do use Bird’s Custard to thicken my gravy. A trick I learned from my cooking and fashion idol, Nigella Lawson.
Still think there should be a 20 year wait before releasing any info.
Hmmm, I’ve never heard of Bird’s Custard. Who carries it?
It’s a British product. A & P carries it and so does Wegman’s (here on the East Coast). It’s almost pure cornstarch and works perfectly well in gravy if you run out of flour.
Those french will sleep with anybody . . .
Ah, Nigella.
I am too busy masturbating to pay attention to what she says. LOL.
Brighton Rock.
Also a classic novel and one of the greatest British films ever made.
A classic example of British ‘film noir’ (which despite its French name, has become wrongly identified as purely an American form of cinema, the British made some brilliant films in the genre for over 20 years).
If US forces had done the deed commander zero would have taken full credit.
l. Richard Attenborough gives a truly shocking performance in that movie. Shocking film as well. I have the book sitting on my coffee table as I write.
2. But the Americans perfected the art of the film noir.
3. And as far as Nigella, scotsman: TMI!
1—I would, as a very passionate British film fan, be happy to recommend classic British films (as well as classic European films) or to answer any questions on UK films.
I hope you mean shocking in the good sense, not as the word that comes before bad. LOL.
2—True. I love American film noir as well. But we made some great ones, which tends to be forgotten even by film critics in this country.
3-Joking. I do drool though.
Brighton Rock is a brilliant film but it IS shocking. I did not expect that climax and completely freaked out at that recording. Richard Attenborough started out playing the worst kind of villian and ended up playing Santa Claus. A very great actor. Also, I love the exterior shots of Brighton in the 1940s.
I know most of the great British films. I’ve seen ‘em all. I go to London theatre every year to see some of the most amazing actors in both classical and modern plays.
I’ll forgive you for the Nigella remark. But will I forgive Nigella for losing all that Rubenesque weight that made her so appealing? I think not!!
No, I think Brighton Rock is brilliant. It was just upsetting - as it was intended to be. I love the exterior shots of Brighton and Attenborough gives a deeply unsettling performance. Hard to believe, since I’ve always heard he is a very nice man.
I’ll forgive you for the Nigella remark but will I forgive Nigella for losing all that Rubensesque weight which made her so appealing? I think not!!
I was joking about the self-abuse.
Lovely Nigella has become an erotic icon for UK men, and the national joke is that we blokes watch the programme with the sound down, that her show has become almost semi-porn for men. She could be cooking babies and we wouldnt care. All that licking of spoons and most British men need a cold shower.
Vimto is a fruit-flavored, carbonated soft drink. Nothing like it in the States.
>Somehow a French Shepard guard dog just doesn’t inspire fear.<
Here is a Beauceron, or French shepherd, doing guard work the way the French teach it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d04VPQ7-cQ8&feature=related
He looks pretty frightening and he’s sure not scared off easily.
Here are a couple of videos showing French dog training: (Note the very first grip this dog, trained with French methods, takes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX9g0i5pGEI&feature=related
And here is a French Ring sport championship:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJiapCG62qE&feature=related
“Izze” carbonated fruit juice from Cosco is the closest to Vimto in the States.
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