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Prisoners taken by Iraqis were aid drivers - UK
Reuters
| 3/27/03
Posted on 03/27/2003 5:39:29 AM PST by kattracks
Prisoners taken by Iraqis were aid drivers - UK
LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) - Two men held by Iraq and paraded on al-Jazeera television are truck drivers contracted to the British army to deliver food aid to Iraqi prisoners of war, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.
"The two men are civilian subcontractors delivering food to Iraqi PoWs. They are drivers," a ministry spokesman told Reuters. "They should be treated as prisoners of war in their own right."
The spokesman said the mens' employers had been informed and they were getting in touch with their relatives. He declined to give any further details, including the men's nationality.
03/27/03 08:30 ET
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: pows
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posted on
03/27/2003 5:39:29 AM PST
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
Oh, that's brilliant.
To: kattracks
And pizza delivery guys think they've got it rough...
To: Tijeras_Slim; stands2reason
I guess it is proof that the military planners did not expect a hard fight?
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posted on
03/27/2003 5:53:11 AM PST
by
Destro
(Fight Islamic terrorisim by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
To: kattracks
Send Ross Perot to get them out.
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posted on
03/27/2003 5:55:12 AM PST
by
sam_paine
Oh.....AND BOMB ALJIZZEERA'S TV TOWER OF BABEL.
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posted on
03/27/2003 5:56:01 AM PST
by
sam_paine
To: kattracks
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posted on
03/27/2003 5:59:37 AM PST
by
wimpycat
('Nemo me impune lacessit')
To: kattracks
Feeding Iraqi's.....how dare they!
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posted on
03/27/2003 6:07:32 AM PST
by
OldFriend
To: kattracks
Aha! Thanks! (I was wondering yesterday).....
" I watched this video in full just a few hours ago. On al Jazeera, alright. The description above is accurate. It was most bloody and gory. It brought memories of the US POWs executed on Sunday, and their bodies being mishandled and videotaped. Further, there was short video of two Black men, alive, said to be POWs. Yet, a) these two men were NOT in uniform but were in western garb; b) they did not look as concerned as the American POWs the other day; c) one man had long hair. In fact his hair was in so-called 'dredlocks'. This was NOT a military haircut. And finally, d) the second black man to me did not look like an American African-American, but looked particulary AFRICAN black to me. Perhaps central African or Nigerian, Sudanese? I wonder if Iraq is not getting Africans to pose as captured Coalition personnel....or just WHO these captives were?" -- Posted by AmericanInTokyo to Lunatic Fringe On News/Activism 03/26/2003 11:38 PM EST #19 of 52 "
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posted on
03/27/2003 6:16:38 AM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(JapanTV showed report on Kim Jong il. He watches CNN regularly. Imagine his thoughts watching Iraq!)
To: Tijeras_Slim
And pizza delivery guys think they've got it rough...In some neighborhoods it's just as dangerous as combat...
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posted on
03/27/2003 6:35:19 AM PST
by
JimRed
(Disinformation is the leftist's and enemy's friend; consider the source before believing.)
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: kattracks
Shades of chechnya...
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posted on
03/27/2003 6:41:20 AM PST
by
MarMema
To: Mudboy Slim
What'd ya think of this?
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posted on
03/27/2003 6:45:05 AM PST
by
FreeTheHostages
(Remember the 507th www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/875918/posts)
To: All
Where's Koki Nana? Sounds like an emergency meeting of the UN should be held on this subject....wonder if he rolls his eyes at this info! My thoughts and prayers for these two men as well.
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posted on
03/27/2003 6:52:56 AM PST
by
jhw61
To: wimpycat
"one with dreadlocks"
I noticed that. I know the Brits are a little more lax about haircuts than some of our units, but dreads did seem excessive.
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:00:18 AM PST
by
bucephalus
(Why was I happier when I didn't know where Tariq Aziz was?)
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