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SURRENDER: Terrified Iraqi soldiers have crossed the Kuwait border
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Posted on 03/08/2003 6:39:42 PM PST by prisoner6
SURRENDER: Terrified Iraqi soldiers have crossed the Kuwait border and tried to surrender to British forces - because they thought the war had already started... Developing...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; iraqissurrender; iraw; soldiers; surrender; war; warlist
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To: tbpiper
Thank him for us - when he gets home. He will.
61
posted on
03/08/2003 7:24:39 PM PST
by
patton
(R - PM)
To: savedbygrace
Sounds like the frogs to me.
62
posted on
03/08/2003 7:24:45 PM PST
by
oldtimer
To: TXnMA
>>and *over* Mach one! <<
Make it more interesting, have the jets popping in and out of mach like the f-18 mpeg we've all seen. That would create multiple booms and aid in unnerving everybody.
63
posted on
03/08/2003 7:26:27 PM PST
by
NerdDad
To: RummyChick
My brother had the job of frisking some of the Iraq soldiers that surrendered in "Operation Desert Storm".He didn't like to talk about it much,but he was definitely affected by what he saw.
I have no doubt these soldiers know what happened in "Operation Desert Storm".
64
posted on
03/08/2003 7:28:04 PM PST
by
mdittmar
To: kayak
I have read elsewhere on FR that someone said on tv yesterday that some Iraqis have tried to surrender but we have to send them back because the war hasn't started yet. I trust they gave them white flags and told them to try again next week.
65
posted on
03/08/2003 7:28:17 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: prisoner6
It feels very odd to go to war and feel pity for the poor cannon fodder on the other side.
When you are such a rotten guy that your own troops surrender before the war even starts,that is pretty sad.
66
posted on
03/08/2003 7:28:21 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Go away or I will replace you with a very small shell script)
To: prisoner6
this matches up with the other report about the allies running amok in western and southern Iraq....between seeing all these foreign troops and the additional bombing, what could they think...they don't want to die for Saddam
67
posted on
03/08/2003 7:29:02 PM PST
by
The Wizard
(Demonrats are enemies of America)
To: RummyChick
I don't understand it either .... it seems that we should be able to take them in as a humanitarian gesture if not as POWs. It may be that there is suspicion that they are booby-trapped, as someone suggested.
68
posted on
03/08/2003 7:33:00 PM PST
by
kayak
(God bless America, land that I love!)
To: mdittmar
am not sure what you mean
in terms of things they have to try to hurt our soldiers when they surrender?
To: tomahawk
They have good reason to be terrified.Terrified of having 72 virgins...
70
posted on
03/08/2003 7:34:15 PM PST
by
69ConvertibleFirebird
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: kayak
bet they just told them where to wait
71
posted on
03/08/2003 7:34:27 PM PST
by
The Wizard
(Demonrats are enemies of America)
To: The Wizard
Well, I hope we sent them back with some instructions on what to do when the war starts. Looks like the Iraquis are as anxious for this to start as we are. They probably just got tired of waiting ;o)
To: RummyChick
73
posted on
03/08/2003 7:37:09 PM PST
by
ALASKA
To: prisoner6
To: brigette
from the link I just posted...
Special forces teams are even examining sites for holding the thousands of Iraqi troops who are expected to surrender at the first opportunity. During the last Gulf War, hundreds of coaches were hired to drive captured Iraqis to camps in Saudi Arabia, from where they were eventually released. This time the prisoners will be held in remote parts of Iraq itself.
Comment #76 Removed by Moderator
To: RummyChick
No,they were destroyed,mentally and physically.
77
posted on
03/08/2003 7:41:00 PM PST
by
mdittmar
To: prisoner6
Are any of these current pictures or are they 12 years old?
To: LizardQueen
Sounds like they've been trained well by the French. Not defending them, but during DS, FrogDad had several hundred surrender to his unit. They were mostly forcibly-recruited raw kids. They had no water, food, boots, uniforms or committment. Only a gun and small amount of ammo.
There are probably a lot in the same boat today. Many of these will surrender at the first site of ANYONE not Iraqi - they don't want to be there in the first place.
Don't assume that this will be ALL or even most, by any means. The core of Sadmans army (Republican Guard) is fairly well-trained and committed. These are probably the ones our guys will meet if this conflict goes to urban warfare in Bagdad.
The chaff will be peeled off in the outlying areas fairly painlessly. It's later that it could get ugliest.
God bless and protect our armed forces, their leaders and their mission.
79
posted on
03/08/2003 7:44:10 PM PST
by
FrogMom
To: tbpiper
My son should have just touched down there with his group from the 101st My most profound gratitude to you and your son for your sacrifice on my behalf.
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