Iraqis Sent on Suicide Mission Surrenders (sic)

Guardian ^ | 4/1/03 | Associated Press

[Hoplite]

UMM QASR, Iraq (AP) - Two Iraqi soldiers who said they were sent on a suicide attack mission to the country's largest port have turned themselves in to British troops, the British commander said Tuesday.

``We had two suicide bombers turn themselves in yesterday because they didn't want to be suicide bombers any more,'' Col. Steve Cox, commander of the Royal Marine Commandos running Umm Qasr, told reporters. ``We are accommodating them.''

The pair had no explosives in their possession when they surrendered, Cox said, adding that they were turned over to British military intelligence for interrogation and would be treated as enemy prisoners of war. He did not give any details about the alleged plans for a suicide attack.

Coalition forces have been on heightened alert for suicide attackers since one posing as a taxi driver detonated a bomb that killed four U.S. Army soldiers Saturday at a checkpoint farther north.

Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan pledged more suicide attacks would follow and called Saturday's ``just the beginning.'' Iraq has said thousands of Arab volunteers ready for martyrdom have come to Iraq since the start of the war.

Umm Qasr is one of the few fully pacified towns inside Iraq and is vital to supplying the rest of the country with humanitarian aid because it is the only large seaport.

Local Iraqis are increasingly informing British sources of the whereabouts of officials from Saddam Hussein's ruling Baath party, Cox said.

Thirty-five party officials are in custody, and three to four more remain at large, Cox said.

The town of 30,000 people was plagued by pockets of resistance until several days ago, but is now safe enough for troops and ordinary civilians to walk around at night, Cox said. He added that there has been no recent guerrilla activity.

[Hoplite]

The fools!

Don't they realize that the penalty for failing to execute a suicide mission is death?

[bmwcyle]

NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN..... will never harp on this one.

[fourdeuce82d]

they didn't want to be suicide bombers any more...

What, they took a closer look at the retirement benefits? Medical didn't cover self-inflicted explosive avulsion of body parts? What?

[Lee Heggy]

"We had two suicide bombers turn themselves in yesterday because they didn't want to be suicide bombers any more,"

Yeah, the pay sucks but on the other hand the hours are short.

[Taiwan Bocks]

FReepers should be creative in blasting CNN for their international coverage of the war.

CNN was objective for about four days and then has been 24/7 RABIDLY pro Arab, pro U.N. pro Iraq, pro 'accidents are U.S. fault,' pro Arafat.

[Black Bart]

Ahmed, I see on your resume that you once served as a suicide bomber for the Hussein government. How was that employment terminated?

[gridlock]

No Virgins for you!

[FourPeas]

Hmmm, are these guys Suicide Bombers, or not? They're alive, so they don't really qualify as Suicide Bombers. So does that make them Former Suicide Bombers? That doesn't really seem to make any sense, so maybe that makes them Former Potential Suicide Bombers. But they're not really that since they surrendered. So, I guess that makes them Failed Former Potential Suicide Bombers. Nah, let's just shorten it to Gullible Losers.

[Grut]

So does that make them Former Suicide Bombers?

Nah. Semi-kazis.

[Enemy Of The State]

"``We had two suicide bombers turn themselves in yesterday because they didn't want to be suicide bombers any more,''

Well, its a good thing they made that decision before it was too late. lol.

[Enemy Of The State]

You know your a failure when you fail at suicide.

[MHGinTN]

Ahh, but they seem to have figured out that the benefit is LIFE!

[cake_crumb]

"So, I guess that makes them Failed Former Potential Suicide Bombers."

Quasi-kazis

[Sloth]

``We had two suicide bombers turn themselves in yesterday because they didn't want to be suicide bombers any more,''

"Any more?" How long had they been suicide bombers? Was this a new gig for them, or did they have long and distinguished careers as suicide bombers?

"Achmed, my boy, you may not believe it but way back in the Aughts, before I met your grandma, I was one of the best suicide bombers working for Saddam Hussein."

[Hatteras]

Maybe they got to their target and realized they forgot their bombs? DOH!!!