[technomage]

That's Brit-speak. Kind of like when we report an accident victim is in "a" hospital, they report that the victim is "in hospital".

Thanks for the response. I can see 'in hospital' rather than 'in a hospital'. But, I just cannot understand how the Brits would think 'shoot dead insurgents' is the same as 'shoot insurgents dead'. I know: They 'shoot dead' the insurgents. Just does not compute with my American brainwaves.

Learn something new every day :)

[Mister Da]

Could the phrase "'shoot dead insurgents" be referring to the practice of shooting seemingly dead terrorists to avoid surprise attacks?