A teenage girl waved at our troops... she was hanged within the hour

News of the World ^ | March 30, 2003 | Ian Kirby,

[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

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 freedom—and 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 him—and 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 kukri—the 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."

[dts32041]

I wonder if he let his Little Nepalese friends loose.

If he did I feel soory for the Thugs, not.

[starfish]

I second that.
I was just saying the same thing to my husband earlier.

[ET(end tyranny)]

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.

Very good point!!

[holyscroller]

For this area being the "Cradle of Civilization" These people are the most savage uncivilized monsters on earth today. Just goes to show what following Satan will do to people.

[gidgetgirl3]

If you see a "Vote Lt Colonel Tim Collins For President of Iraq" at the next DC Rally, that would be me. Gotta love this guy!!!!!But, you know if Franks was in the same position, he would be saying the same thing.

[homeschool mama]

Lt. Col. Collins is indeed an amazing man. Wow.

[Darksheare]

Would love to.
They'd claim it's a fake, or that the evil US Soldiers/ Brits did it themselves.

[Happygal]

I wonder if he let his Little Nepalese friends loose.

Funny you should mention it, all weekend when I read of the terrorist tactics of the Iraqis..'Oh, time to unleash a little Gurkha WHUPASS'.

[homeschool mama]

Thank you for the ping. I'm completely sickened by the level of evil in the hearts of those who wish to destroy their own people. God bless Lt. Col. Collins and his men.

[CroftonFreeper]

The Brits kick ass. I have a new found respect for these warriors.

[nomad]

F*&#ing Soddamite animals, waste`em all, every last one, shoot them down like the rabid animals they are!

[EternalVigilance]

Thank God for free men armed.

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

I followed your link and went and read his opening remarks to his troops.

So eloquently spoken. In reading this, it occurs to me that he is a soldier from our mother country.

[blackbart.223]

"She was hung in the name of Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Mike Farell, David Ducovney, Ed Asner, Tim Robbins, Matt Dameon, ANSWER."

These Hollywood pacifists should be forced to witness atrocities commited by Saddam's thugs much the same as German citizens were forced to witness Nazi atrocities after Berlin was taken.

My guess is these idiots would have the same reponse as the Germans: "I didn't know this was happening."

Screw all of 'em.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Horrible story. I just e-mailed it to the publisher of my local paper.

[Happygal]

You're mother country? Are you Irish?

[VRWC For Truth]

Lt Colonel Tim Collins is one bad ass dude. How can you not like this guy?

[Eaker]

Ping to more Iraqi atrocities.

Stay safe; stay armed,
Eaker

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

yes, that should say MY not OUR....my ancesters are from Ireland.

[may18]

I would SO love to see how these murdering scum stand upto the ghurkas

Im sure they would find good use for their khukris