'These are the men who return to frighten us when you go'

The Times ^ | April 1, 2003 | Greg Swift

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Outstanding. Thank you.

[neutrino]

Thanks!

But you know...these enemy combatants weren't wearing uniforms...which means they can be treated as spies, instead of as POWs. (Grin)

[SeeRushToldU_So]

The Britts are kicking arse!

[hosepipe]

Wheres Geraldo or Arnett when you need them....OR. NBC,CBS,ABC, Daily Mirror....

[Regulator]

Haven't seen any, but I would suspect they will come out.

[stands2reason]

I am amazingly proud of the job being done by the British in the South. Great Britain is the best ally any nation could have. :-)

[ApesForEvolution]

Good find and great work by our cousins of the UK. Baathists, beware. You're time has come...

[scubadave]

Thanks Ivan, I am proud of our true Allies, and the Union Jack is proudly displayed on my desktop :) God Bless these great men!

[valleygal]

Proud to be half British bump.

BTW, I love Britain's, "Ground Force"... your troops... and the TV show! :)

[El Gato]

And within an hour soldiers returned to patrol the area to find the building being looted. Captain Alex Cartwright, 28, a Grenadier Guardsman attached to 1st Battalion, said he was happy to allow the mob to continue. “Normally we would stop looting, but in this case we decided that it would send a powerful message — that we are in control now, not the Baath Party.”

That's not looting, it's allowing the people to reclaim what was rightfully theirs, and what may have been directly stolen from them, in the first place. The distrution system may be a bit rough, but I'll bet there are fewer hungry kids in that area over the next few days.

[El Gato]

One alternative, although it would be a very risky one, is to arm the Shiites. Kind of a second amendment solution.

One suspects the Shiites are taking care of that themselves, either from destroyed Iraqi "armories" or via the one on one, "long knife", method.

[lewislynn]

Thanks again Ivan. I hope you don't mind I highlight this:

“Normally we would stop looting, but in this case we decided that it would send a powerful message — that we are in control now, not the Baath Party.”

BTW, The other day right after this mess in Basra started I saw a crawler that said (paraphrased)"the British will take care of the Basra situation on their time"...and so they have.

[GladesGuru]

Risky to whom?

Clements may have been right when he said that an armed society is a polite society.

And if they do turn on each other - they are all members of a faith with one major attitude towards us. Let them kill each other and Allah will sort 'em out.

[Travis McGee]

God Bless and Protect your British Troops! I will back Britian until my last breath!

[Travis McGee]

Perhaps they should have handcuffed these scumbags to pipes in this building for the looters to find.

[Travis McGee]

You are quite right. There can be no amnesty for these Ba'athist goon squads. They will be a danger to civil society in Iraq as long as they draw breath. They must be turned over to the locals for rough justice.

[ellery]

HURRAHHHH!!!!!!

[Ditto]

LOL