6 British troops killed in Iraq

[bounder]

Originally posted by Rude
I'm sorry....the Brits fought hard and have done an outstanding job in the south...I hope they have the political will to stay the course.

Unlikely now that parliament is discovering exactly how hokey the 'evidence' used to convince it to go to war was.

British forces are already stretched to breaking point.

Must See: Alistair Campell in Select Committee this afternoon, after Jack (not me guv) Straw dropped him in it yesterday.(rofl)

Highlights on Newsnight!

[bounder]

Originally posted by anonymous
the brits are great dudes but they gotta wear their vests. havent heard any specifics yet but id be willing to bet the kia would have been one or two tops if those boys had their vests on. i understand they want to appear more friendly but i dont think they need to worry about that as much in iraq as they did in north ireland. the locals in north ireland hadnt just been rescued from an evil sob dictator by british troops. the locals in iraq know the score i dont think vests are going to sour their opinion of the brits or americans.

With or without flakjackets, these are the first british combat deaths. And they seem to have been Royal Military Policemen.

[Dowding]

I'm still baffled that their desperation to make the case that Hussein had WMD led them to plagerize a PHd thesis... AND hope it would not be noticed.

Personally, I think the intelligence services are laughing their tulips off at the government right now. I believe they had their information twisted and their conclusions ignored.

I can see the British government catching some real heat over this one - and the scars won't be completely healed in time for the next general election.

[Krusher]

Originally posted by -tronski-
Which part of Iraq was that taken in?

 Tronsky

I dont know, it didnt say. I assume its a man on the street type interview so Its probably in the bigger cities. I am waiting on the larger zogby poll (who is an arab american btw) to be finished later this summer.

[Krusher]

Originally posted by 10Bears
A recent poll eh.. Paul Brenner was on TV yesterday talking about how Iraq wasn’t quite ready for democracy as the infrastructure hasn’t been set up yet.. poll stations and the rest.. They can’t even take a poll yet.

10Bears, I was looking for the link to a poll I read last week and found this......................... ...................

Thursday, June 26, 2003 at 06:24 JST

BAGHDAD — More than half the Iraqis responding to a recent poll said they want U.S.-led coalition forces to remain in Baghdad, but many also said the coalition is doing a poor job in restoring security.

The Iraq Center for Strategic Research and Studies, an independent think tank, conducted the poll on more than 1,100 people from various social strata, according to the al-Sabah newspaper Wednesday. It said 51.6% of those polled said they wanted the Americans stay in Iraq until a permanent government is established and about 25% said they wanted the coalition to stay until an interim government was formed. (Kyodo News)

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the funny thing is that the Iraq Center for Strategic Research and Studies was created two days ago by Paul Bremer.

just thought you would like to know