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  • British bodies lie in dust as mob exults

    03/26/2003 3:32:49 PM PST · by MadIvan · 152 replies · 1,619+ views
    The Times ^ | March 27, 2003 | David Charter and Alan Hamilton
    THE images are gruesome, and calculated to cause the utmost distress. Two dead and bloodstained soldiers in unmarked desert fatigues lie side by side on a dusty road. For a while yesterday there was doubt about their identity or even whether they were genuine coalition casualties. Now we know; they are British. Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based television station, repeatedly showed yesterday afternoon a 30-second sequence which no one here will wish to see. The station said the pictures were recorded on Tuesday in al-Zubayr, near Basra. British sources in Qatar said last night that the footage showed the bodies of two...
  • Operation SOS — Support Our Squaddies (SUPPORT THE UK TROOPS)

    01/30/2003 11:30:51 PM PST · by MadIvan · 15 replies · 609+ views
    The Sun ^ | January 31, 2003 | JOHN KAY
    Atten-Sun! Here is Captain Kennedy OUR own Captain Kennedy is standing by our dedicated hotline to take calls and queries from loved ones of our boys and girls in the Gulf. No problem will be too big or small – it could be anything from shortages of kit to questions about insurance. Captain Kennedy said: “I regard this as the most important assignment so far in my journalistic career. I will give it maximum effort.” Also, our boys and girls heading to the Gulf can email us to send messages to relatives, friends and lovers. Those left behind can...