They were "clean up shells" that are commonly used after a battle to clean up a messy battlefield. They were probably filled with something like this:
Oh My STARS AND GARTERS! The unbiased BBC has proven once and for all that the Americans are hot-headed cowboys and that Blair is a poodle. (Shouldn't this be posted under 'breaking news'?)
/sarcasm
It seems like everyday I'm amazed all over again at how so many actually believe the garbage coming out of the BBC, the NYT, and of course that famous FOX competitor "ABCNNBCBS". Doesn't anyone care about the violations of the UN resolutions? How Iraqi yellow-cake in Amsterdam?
Sheesh!
They were "clean up shells" that are commonly used after a battle to clean up a messy battlefield. They were probably filled with something like this: