David McBride of the Black Watch wipes the sweat off his face as he sits aboard a Hercules C-130 at Basra International Airport, where temperatures are around 39 degrees centigrade. British troops have begun arriving at their new base south of Baghdad, where they are filling in for US forces being sent to fight insurgents.(AFP/Pool/Maurice McDonald)
Warrior Armoured Personnel Carriers from B Company, The Black Watch, move north to their new area of operations south of Baghdad, Friday Oct. 29 2004. The British group are to conduct operations in the area of opertations of the US 24 Marine Expeditionary Unit.(AP Photo/Giles Penfoud, MOD, ho)
British soldiers of the Black Watch regiment prepare to board a Hercules C-130 transport aircraft at Basra Airport, Iraq, Thursday Oct. 28, 2004. The Black Watch battle group, with attachments from 40 Commando Royal Marines, B Squadron Queen's Dragoon Guards and support from other units will be operating in the area where the US 24 Marine Expeditionary Unit has been deployed.(AP Photo/Maurice McDonald, pool)
British troops make their way north from southern Iraq to start Operation Bracken, October 27, 2004. British troops moved north from Basra to take over a deadly area near Baghdad and free up U.S. troops for a possible attack on Falluja. (Reuters - Handout)
U.S. and British soldiers from 1st Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) Battle Group, hold the Union flag prior to their departure on Operation Bracken, at a location in southern Iraq, October 27, 2004. British troops moved north from Basra to take over a deadly area near Baghdad and free up U.S. troops for a possible attack on Falluja. (Reuters - Handout)
God cover and bless our allies and friends fighting the Death Cult in Iraq and worldwide...
Thanks for the thread TK..
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May the Almighty watch over the brave men of BOTH the USA and Great Britain, for she is the truest of allies in our fight to rid the world of evil. When called, Her Majesty and the Right Honourable Tony Blair, MP, PM, as well as the Right Honourable John Howard, MP, PM, have stood with us in the fight against evil. May those who dwell in darkness see the Great Light, or suffer the fate of those who wish to poison and destroy us.
Padre Captain Mark Grant-Jones (bottom L) gives a service to B Company of Britain's First Queen Dragoon Guards at the Shaibah Base in Basra southern Iraq, October 30, 2004. The Company were on Saturday preparing to move out to give support to Britain's Black Watch regiment at Camp Dogwood, a military industrial complex 20 miles (32Km) west of the town of Mahmudiya, which lies 50Km south of Baghdad. REUTERS/Maurice McDonald/Pool
A British re-supply convoy moves out of the Shaibah base in Basra, southern Iraq, October 30, 2004. A British soldier died in a road accident on Friday as the Black Watch regiment re-based to 'the triangle of death' southwest of Baghdad to free up U.S. units preparing for a major assault to capture the rebel towns of Ramadi and Falluja. REUTERS/Maurice McDonald/Pool