British Capture Top Baath Party Leader In Dark

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[GulliverSwift]

British Capture Top Baath Official
Leader Was Organizing Resistance to Allied Invasion

By Peter Baker Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, March 25, 2003; 5:13 PM

WITH U.S. FORCES, Southern Iraq, March 25 -- British soldiers and sniper teams operating under cover of darkness stormed a local Baath Party headquarters in southeastern Iraq to capture a top official who had been organizing resistance to the U.S.-British invasion, officers said today.

The British snuck two companies from a 7th Armored Brigade regiment known as the Black Watch into the town center of Zubair, a vital city in southeastern Iraq that has been particularly troublesome for coalition forces trying to secure the region. Zubair, located just to the southwest of Basra, the regional hub, serves as home to a navy base and an important oil facility.

One of the companies stormed into the housing or headquarters section of the party headquarters, while the other secured the inner perimeter and found the target. British officials did not identify the target but described him as a leading force behind the attacks on invading troops in recent days. U.S. intelligence indicated that the building was used as a staging area for military operations and a transfer station for any American or British prisoners of war.

At least 20 Iraqis were reported killed in the Monday night raid, which involved two to three hours of intense fighting, according to British officers. No British soldiers were reported killed.

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[GulliverSwift]

the Brits are doing stuff. I thought they'd just sit around and look pretty. I guess the English Channel is a good insulator. Mysterious chemicals in the air suck out the testosterone of males on the Mainland.

[Liberator]

YEAH, BA-BY!

[OpusatFR]

Trust me. I used to date a Brit and also an Aussie officer. They have plenty of testosterone!

Frenchmen's shoulders are just not broad enough...

[vigilante2]

go Brits!

[cmsgop]

Great Comment! THANK GOD FOR THE BRITS!!!!!!

[Arkinsaw]

Ladies from hell strike again.

[July 4th]

7th Armored Brigade regiment known as the Black Watch

Another notch in the belt of the venerable Black Watch!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST

[Im Your Huckleberry]

The Black Watch is a Scottish Highland regiment!

The Highlander's nabbed him!

EXCELLENT!

[Beck_isright]

Hmmmm, do ya think the new Iraqi government will spend a lot of money on trials or just shoot the scum like they should?

V

[MeekMom]

Here here! Thank you Tony!

[BJClinton]

20 Iraqis were reported killed...No British soldiers were reported killed.

That's a damn fine ratio.

Note to self: do not mess with the Black Watch

[GulliverSwift]

Arby's says no more Horsey Sauce for Scott Ritter !!!!

Didn't I see Scott Ritter at the McDonald's Play Place? He got into the tunnel right after a little girl.

[craig_eddy]

Today has been a most excellent day for the war effort. :)

[N8VTXNinWV]

A ping for our Scottish Heritage!!

[Fzob]

Hmmmm, do ya think the new Iraqi government will spend a lot of money on trials or just shoot the scum like they should?

I'd like to see top Baath party officals handed over to the locals after it's all over.

[GulliverSwift]

20 Iraqis were reported killed...40 French soldiers wished they could have been killed...30 French soldiers begged to surrender

Now that's a ratio to make Chirac proud.

[Beck_isright]

I think they will be. And it will be like Mussolini; they will be hung, and used as a punching bag or worse. And I do not feel sorry for them.

V

[Beck_isright]

The Black Watch is one bad-A**ed group. You do not want to get into a bar fight much less a full blown firefight against those guys. GSTQ!!!!

V

[crz]

Thats Laddie's'.