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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Ripsnort on April 02, 2003, 08:16:35 AM
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April 01, 2003
'These are the men who return to frighten us when you go'
By Greg Swift
BRITISH forces staged a dawn raid on a Baath party headquarters yesterday after receiving intelligence that it was
being used to exert President Saddam Hussein’s will.
Five people were arrested and taken away for interrogation in a swift assault designed to send a powerful message to
the intimidated local population that the Baath party’s reign of fear is over.
The two-storey complex stood on the southwest edge of the Basra national oil refinery, three miles from the port city
and surrounded by a shanty town.
A sniper team from Zulu Company, the 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, kept the building under covert
observation all night before the attack. At exactly 5.30am local time, a 36-tonne Warrior armoured vehicle crashed
through the perimeter wall.
At the same time the vehicle’s rear hatch opened and a section of infantrymen kicked down the front door and
stormed the complex. Amid the confusion, the Fusiliers systematically scoured the complex hunting for Baath party
members.
One by one, doors were smashed down before soldiers with fixed bayonets burst into the rooms. Once inside the
sprawling HQ, the opulent lifestyle enjoyed by Saddam’s henchmen — in stark relief to the poverty just yards away —
became clear.
Leading from each side of the grand entrance stood two huge kitchens with extensive cooking facilities. From these
ran two cavernous store rooms filled with food.
While local Iraqis are short of even the most basic items, the Baath party HQ was crammed with enormous
humanitarian aid relief sacks of rice and grain.
Fresh garlic, tomatoes and sauces stood alongside chest freezers filled with meat and frozen produce.
Along wood-panelled corridors the British soldiers raced through a series of comfortable bedroom suites, each one
made up of two rooms in which a television, armchairs, a sofa and a bed were placed. In the heart of the complex a
number of imposing rooms fanned out from a central reception area. In one was a bar and a snooker table with cues
still resting on the green baize. In another an office had been set up, documents lying across a mahogany table. In a
filing cabinet were two bottles of single malt whisky.
While an Arabic-speaking soldier trawled the paperwork for possible intelligence, the rest of Z company poured into a
large dining room.
Around a table capable of seating up to 40 people were chrome-plated dining chairs. On the table, knives, forks,
glasses and salt and pepper pots were neatly arranged over a linen cloth.
At the far end of the room was a huge, smiling picture of Saddam. Upstairs, dozens more bedrooms were searched
until the whole building had been cleared.
The ferocity of the raid stunned locals who, still fearful of the malign influence of the Baath party, were reluctant to
approach the newly cleared building. Major Duncan McSporran, the officer commanding Z Company, told the villagers
that the building now belonged to them. Within an hour soldiers returned to patrol the area to find it being looted.
Captain Alex Cartwright, 28, a Grenadier Guardsman attached to 1st Battalion, said that he was happy to allow the
mob to continue. “Normally we would stop looting, but in this case we decided that it would send a powerful message
— that we are in control now, not the Baath party.”
Captain Cartwright said that villagers had pointed out a number of men who were considerably better dressed and
groomed than the locals and who appeared to be agitated by what they saw.
“It was also noticeable how the locals’ body language and attitude changed — they became more fearful, more
cowed,” he said.
“One villager, having warned us that there were ‘eyes and ears everywhere’, said: ‘These are the men who disappear
when you turn up and come back to frighten us when you go.’
“We wanted to arrest these guys and so appealed to their vanity by inviting them into the building explaining that we
needed to talk to them in private.
“Once they were in the building, they were told they were under arrest and were coming with us. They protested, we
searched them and then they were made forcibly aware that they were under arrest.”
Under the rule of the Geneva Convention captured prisoners of war are not allowed to be paraded, but Captain
Cartwright said that he made sure that all the villagers could see the men being led into the back of a British army
Warrior in handcuffs.
“That will have done our cause here immeasurable good because the people here now know that we are right behind
them, doing everything we can to rid them of the regime that has blighted their lives for so long.”
This story is pooled copy for the British press by Greg Swift of the Daily Express.
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Yep these folks are really paragons of civilization in the way they treat and live like their contrymen aren't they. :rolleyes:
WTG Brits!!
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Boroda, -am- etc:
This am lie murdering amreekan soldier is anemy of iraqi freedom fighter poulation, look how well saddam was feeding people anmd now you amerikun shut off water and encourage looting. ''
No we we would never allw such crimes in Checnya, no never. We would blow up the city and kill everyone so it would be peceful.
Why does not report exclaim for obvious loss of 57 M1A2 tank snd 394 APC. Lies again. And why no mention of iraqi air force who rules skies over kuwait.
Now I go back to drink wine from my box at my job programing computers to at moscow higher techincal institute, i have 3 more hour of work before my turn to que up for the toilet paper.
Iraq is in no way a threat to USA, its rkidulous. But Iraq destry 10,000 M1A2 and drive yankee into sea. You do no see this on CNN.
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Fresh garlic, tomatoes and sauces stood alongside chest freezers filled with meat and frozen produce.
My good !
They just attaqued a Pizzeria ;)
wtg brits ;)
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Great story there.
Is there a link to it Rip?
Makes me want to take some of the anti-war group over and let them explain to these villagers exactly why the war is bad for them. Maybe some protesters could block the village streets or something.
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Nuke, got the story from Pacman off AGW, I'll do a google search for the story link.
Edit: Here is the link, but you have to register apparently:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-630679,00.html
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boy are am, crabofix, blur, boroda etc. gonna feel dumb when this is over... or do you think they will notice?
lazs
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nope not a chance
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Originally posted by lazs2
boy are am, crabofix, blur, boroda etc. gonna feel dumb when this is over... or do you think they will notice?
lazs
Denial is an Allie to the clueless.
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They don't like it up 'em!
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ignorance is bliss....:D
WTG limey's
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Boroda, -am- etc:
This am lie murdering amreekan soldier is anemy of iraqi freedom fighter poulation, look how well saddam was feeding people anmd now you amerikun shut off water and encourage looting. ''
No we we would never allw such crimes in Checnya, no never. We would blow up the city and kill everyone so it would be peceful.
Why does not report exclaim for obvious loss of 57 M1A2 tank snd 394 APC. Lies again. And why no mention of iraqi air force who rules skies over kuwait.
Now I go back to drink wine from my box at my job programing computers to at moscow higher techincal institute, i have 3 more hour of work before my turn to que up for the toilet paper.
Iraq is in no way a threat to USA, its rkidulous. But Iraq destry 10,000 M1A2 and drive yankee into sea. You do no see this on CNN.
LOL :D svin på skogen har vi alle :)
;)
Dont worry grun its just a joke :)
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Ripsnort!!
Is a fake, they did'nt found a jacuzi.
:)
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WTG 1 RRF, now I know that all the local pub fighting has been put to good use! :)
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Originally posted by GScholz
Jupp. Synd dog at det bare er du, Nilsen10 og jeg ... og kanskje Hortlund som forstår hva vi prater om. Ikke sant? ;)
ikke sant :) det forumet her blir bare helt forferdelig.
Og fra den amerikanske siden er det jo bare sterkt konservative som poster.
Tror ikke jeg gidder mer nå snart :)
om det er en russisk eller amerikans krig spiller ingen rolle det blir
svineri ut av en krig uansett hvor godt den er tenkt. :(
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You gotta love the Brits.
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Beautiful. Warrior comes through the wall. :D Our lads never did believe in subtlety.
(http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/extern/640697.jpg)
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good one Grun ;) lol
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hehe, jag förstår allt ni säger :)
Det finns ett litet trick man kan använda om man vill förhindra att någon översätter med bablefish *kommer med ett tips*
Om ni ändrar stavningen till gammelnorsk, eller gammalsvensk, så klarar inte bablefish av det. Till exempel om ni skriver såhär
Dietta ähr ett test föhr att luhra bablefish.
Så tror jag att alla förstår vad ni skriver, men man kan inte köra den i bablefish för resultatet blir bara konstigt.
Nått att tänka på när man vill snacka skit om vissa *ler*
Gscholz, jag är lessen att jag inte svarade på ubåts-tråden. Jag hade så mycket att göra på jobbet att jag inte hann skriva någon lång post, och då tänkte jag "jag spar det till senare" sen blev det inte av :)
Men helt ärligt, vad tycker ni om blitz och crabofix (han är svensk iofs, så han förstår nog det här kan man anta) och dom andra ? Jag blir lite trött på anti-amerikanerna, jag menar... vad man än tycker om jänkarna, så krigar dom mot diverse terrorister och diktaturer...
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Deres far forlatt De og Deres mor sliter hærstøvel :D
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LOL Ripsnort
Next on "When bablefish goes wrong" ;)
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Originally posted by Swoop
Beautiful. Warrior comes through the wall. :D Our lads never did believe in subtlety.
(http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/extern/640697.jpg)
Damm and I can't even get the Tiger in AH to go though a Tent ;)
WTG 1st RRF & co.
TTFN
snafu
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hehe, jag hoppas du inte tog det alltför personligt. Jag blev lite bekymrad när du började prata om att hoppa in i bilen och åka till Gävle för att söka upp mig. Du finns fortfarande i min sig-line förresten *skratt* Det är från den diskussionen.
Jag tror det blir så att allting ställs på sin spets på ett sånt här forum. När man skulle ha hållit käften i verkliga livet och gått därifrån så stannar man kvar och vrider upp ironin lite mer istället...all in good fun. Så ser jag det i alla fall. När folk skäller ut mig (och det händer ganska ofta som du märker ;) ) så skrattar jag bara lite för mig själv och tänker att jag ska komma på nått roligt att säga tillbaka. Det blir som ett spel typ.
Sen finns det vissa som jag blir arg på, men som du säger, man måste försöka se det positiva i dom med.
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Deres far forlatt De og Deres mor sliter hærstøvel :D
LOL good try ripsnort :D
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Deres far forlatt De og Deres mor sliter hærstøvel :D
TRANSLATION:
Does de dog fartalott when setting on a hot stove?
Tell us Ripsnort is this a new Euro delicesy? Roasted farting Dog?:D