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A teenage girl waved at our troops... she was hanged within the hour
News of the World ^
| March 30, 2003
| Ian Kirby,
Posted on 03/29/2003 5:55:53 PM PST by MadIvan
GULF WAR II: Brit support grows for conflict + Officer reveals brutality
LT COL TIM COLLINS: Reveals his battle to lift Iraq's shadow of tyranny TO THE RESCUE: US marine carries tot to safety after Iraqis fire on civilians
TO LOVING CARE: Forces doc cradles tot
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A SMILING teenage girl who waved at patrolling British soldiers and accepted a big-hearted squaddie's gift of chocolate was HANGED by agents of Saddam. The butchers of the dictator's corrupt Ba'ath party had spied on the Muslim youngster from an alleyway in Az Zubayr near Basra.
Battle-hardened troops of the 1st Batallion, The Royal Irish Regiment choked back tears when they later saw her limp beaten body swaying from a lamp-post in the ramshackle south Iraq town held by Allies.
And yesterday their grim-faced commander, Lt Colonel Tim Collins chewed on a cigar and confirmed:
"A teenage girl who waved at my troops was hanged within the hour.
"These daily outrages have made us more determined than ever to crush Saddam's evil regime. There's still much fear among the people we're meeting.
"Our mission is to assuage it, to fill the power vacuum left by the decapitation of the Ba'ath Party.
You have to understand that nobody under the age of 45 has ever known life without it. They have no concept or inkling of freedomand that's a heavy weight on our shoulders.
" We came into this area hard and at no little risk. We've had great success in cutting off the Ba'ath Party here.
" Its chief who was Lord God On High in these parts is currently considering his options in a Prisoner of War cage.
" I'd reserved judgment on himand then I found the knuckleduster in his drawer.
" One of the few good things I can say about the party is that they keep meticulous records.
" We established all the names of local members. We knew they were threatening people co-operating with us, so we paid some of them a visit overnight.
" It's not straightforward but it works. One man found a shot through his kitchen floor helped him remember where his weapon was hidden."
Belfast-born Lt Col Collins (pictured above) wears trendy Ray-Ban sunglasses and a kukrithe blade he is entitled to carry as a Gurkha commander. His troops are distributing food and medical supplies and restoring water and power while Ba'ath thugs terrorise the population.
The soldiers have seen the mass graves Saddam's henchmen dug for their countrymen murdered for co-operating with US troops during the last Gulf War in 1991.
This time round, in an unspeakable act of barbarism, children had their throats slit.
And yesterday families fleeing Basra were fired on by Iraqi troops. Compassionate US marines picked up children and took them to safety.
Royal Irish Regiment soldiers foiled a plot by the Ba'ath monsters to assassinate one of their comrades as reprisal' for their liberation of the town.
Lt Col Collins, who gave a rousing speech to his men at the start of the war, stormed: "There will be no murders on my watch. We came into this area with excellent intelligence and have since made first-class local contacts. At the risk of their lives local people offered information to my patrols and it was spot-on. It saved the life of one of my men."
Lt Col Collins based himself in the Ba'ath party HQ as a psychological move.
On the front door, one of his men has defiantly scrawled: "Welcome to Free Iraq."
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
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To: MadIvan
I hate to put this in simplistic terms, but what else is there anymore?
This is a war of Good versus Evil.
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:04:49 PM PST
by
Wormwood
To: MadIvan
Oh Ivan, what a story....I've copied it and forwarded to my address book.
To: MadIvan
Ivan, I needed this article tonight more than ever. My husband said I was letting the news media get me down. My resolve is hardened again.
God Bless the coalition troops. Guide them and let them make wise decisions.
To: MadIvan
I think we should put
this guy in charge of Iraq when we destroy Saddam.
The article makes an interesting point about the meticulous recordkeeping by the Baathists. In one of his rare good moments, Hans Blix mentioned that he was suspicious about the lack of good records documenting destruction of WMDs in a country that otherwise keeps excellent records.
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:07:08 PM PST
by
kesg
To: MadIvan
God Bless the Tommies! On to Victory!
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:07:20 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: Happygal; MadIvan
I agree, they should broadcast the images of the gallant troops helping the Iraqi kids. Nothing better to counter the propaganda coming out of Baghdad, not to mention al Jazeera.
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:07:34 PM PST
by
Notforprophet
(All rights reversed)
To: Happygal; harpseal; Squantos
LOL! I had the same thought!
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:08:10 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: homeschool mama; SpookBrat; rintense
Here, please
To: MadIvan
its so hard to believe that humans are capable of these horrible acts of horror. It makes me so sick to my stomach to hear of these things happening to little children. I wish I was of an age to go over there and help get rid of the SOBS .I'd be there in a heart beat. But I know our troops will do the job and do it right. God bless them
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:09:08 PM PST
by
Walnut
To: kesg
I think we should put this guy in charge of Iraq when we destroy Saddam. Damn right. Or at least Southern Iraq.
Payback is going to be a bitch.
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:09:45 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: Notforprophet; MadIvan
Give me TIM COLLINS over TIM ROBBINS any day of the week!
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:09:55 PM PST
by
Happygal
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To: MadIvan
Couldn't tell from this article where this regiment of British troops are stationed. Do you know? Thanks ahead of time.
To: Angelus Errare
War Crimes ping. I'm still shocked that anybody could be against this war. Guess either A) They never hear this stuff, or B) They just don't care cause they hate America and don't give a rip about the Iraqis.
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:11:39 PM PST
by
Green Knight
(Eomer is a Unilateralist!)
To: MadIvan
The French, coward, b@stard pigs have this girl's blood on their hands as well. Chirac is a sick puke.
Weapons inspectors could have cruised Iraq for 5000 years and never have touched this evil, satanic regime. The irony is that Carter gets the Nobel Prize while Bush is called the Great Satan by the peacniks.
A_R
To: MadIvan
nobody from the Ba'ath Party should reach the prisoners camp alive.
To: Proud2BAmerican
Outside Basra.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:12:28 PM PST
by
MadIvan
To: Happygal
WTF dont our media SHOW this
all i see on tv is some "expert" going on and on about how we are losing etc
and 3/4 of the time on bagdhad market
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:12:45 PM PST
by
may18
To: MadIvan
Somebody forward this to Martin Sheen...
To: Kay Soze
Makes me sick! She was hung in the name of Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Mike Farell, David Ducovney, Ed Asner, Tim Robbins, Matt Dameon, ANSWER.I agree 100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:13:05 PM PST
by
geedee
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