[MadIvan]

Well done to the lads, as always.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[Beck_isright]

God, I love those guys. They are without a doubt some of the finest soldiers in the world.

GSTQ!

V

[AHerald]

Riveting stuff, good writing.

Thanks for this great post, Ivan. God bless Black Watch.

[may18]

aah our scottish regiments ;p

No wonder the romans decided to try to keep them out with a wall rather than take them on

A proud and old regiment.

[dighton]

... they had survived a very close shave and someone was going to pay.

[merrin]

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Your Union Jack waves proudly today, Ivan. Those are real men and we all salute them!

[Conservative4Ever]

Thanks Ivan...great post. Makes me proud of my Scottish heritage. God Bless the Black Watch.

Red

[Travis McGee]

Manning the gun in the turret of his Warrior, Lee Webb is relishing the chance of action, savouring the adrenalin rush, eager to find new targets for the crew’s 30mm gun.

High on the excitement of battle it does not pay to get in his way.

Everywhere he looks there are Iraqis shooting at him, men on roofs firing rocket-propelled grenades, Iraqi gunmen leaning out of windows to open up with their AK47s.

Each time the turret swivels round and there is one less threat to worry about.

[Travis McGee]

MadIvan, I will support Great Britain until my last breath.

Thank you.

[Alouette]

[Brad’s Gramma]

A 20ft statue of Saddam Hussein lies in ruins, the television mast that dominated the skyline is gone, and many of the militia men who have tormented the British troops laying siege to the city and fired on their own people as they tried to flee, lie dead amid the rubble of their headquarters.

AAAAAhhhhhhhhhh

[BurbankKarl]

[Dubya]

Great Job Brits bump

[metesky]

Ever since I was a kid, I have thought that one of the most fear inspiring things about being in a war would be to hear the skirl of the bagpipes and suddenly know that the Black Watch was coming for you.

[pbear8]

Scotland the Brave Bump!!

[eddie willers]

The young soldier said he also fired on a machine gun station and saw an Iraqi soldier blown out by the force of the hit. "That was the only time I have physically seen an Iraqi soldier go up," he said. "It's a bit different to an inanimate target. I will see how I feel about that a bit later, I suppose

Sleep well, soldier.

[wasp69]

Well done, lads, indeed! God bless and keep these brave warriors.

[Happygal]

The Scotsman is truly behind the Black Watch troops. Good for them.

Unlike the Daily Mirror, which is like reading Al Jazeera

[houstonian]

It is interesting to look forward to the promotions the embedded reporters will attain when the war is over.