WTFG Brits!

[Ripsnort]

                                  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.

[Maverick]

Yep these folks are really paragons of civilization in the way they treat and live like their contrymen aren't they.

WTG Brits!!

[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.

[straffo]

Fresh garlic, tomatoes and sauces stood alongside chest freezers filled with meat and frozen produce.

My good !
They just attaqued a Pizzeria

wtg brits

[NUKE]

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.

[Ripsnort]

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

[lazs2]

boy are am, crabofix, blur, boroda etc. gonna feel dumb when this is over... or do you think they will notice?
lazs

[GRUNHERZ]

nope not a chance

[Ripsnort]

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.

[Dowding]

They don't like it up 'em!

[SLO]

ignorance is bliss....


WTG limey's

[air_guard]

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 svin på skogen har vi alle





Dont worry grun its just a joke

[Naso]

Ripsnort!!

Is a fake, they did'nt found a jacuzi.

[Replicant]

WTG 1 RRF, now I know that all the local pub fighting has been put to good use!

[air_guard]

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.