British bodies lie in dust as mob exults

You have a choice, either shut up, or I will continue to come down harder and harder on you until you do. You trying to somehow dismiss the deaths of British soldiers and the brutality of the Iraqis as Blair's propaganda exercise is intolerable.

Ivan

look, i don't appreciate you acting like some wag-your-johnson internet bully with this 'come down harder' talk. i'm asking a reasonable question if you've found confirmation of the info i've gotten. i'm not demeaning any deaths -- i'm trying to find out how they actually happened. if thats demeaning to you, let me know that you don't want to tell me if you've found any confirmation and thats the end of it. geez.

Rubbish. You've made your purpose very plain - and that is to insert some snide innuendo about how the deaths of these British soldiers are being handled. What you refuse to understand is that what you are trying to do is intolerable and disrespectful to these brave men who did die. Furthermore, it is a disservice to the truth given what we know the Iraqis did to their bodies, and did to the American POWs who died.

You made a choice to insert yourself on this thread and act like a jackass. Don't get upset that you get treated as such. You had a choice to shut up. You've decided to continue jabbering on like a blithering idiot about how you are "looking for the facts", when you proved you are totally uninterested in the facts by your support for Al Jazeera. That showed your hand more than anything else.

And to top it all off, you're surprised that people are offended by your nonsense. As I say, keep talking, and the greater the jackass you appear. Keep talking, and the more it will become apparent you're just another troll. Keep talking and the more likely it will be you're zotted. Or you can shut up. Your choice.

Ivan

You are quoting crap from the Mirror? First you suggest Al Jazeera is a legitimate news source, now you're putting up garbage from the Mirror, i.e., the home of Peter Arnett?

Ivan

What kind of *people* treat other humans in such an atrocious way!? Arabs should be ashamed and not stand by this murderous dictator and his minions (sp)!

This is *SO* not just the US's problem, this Hussein, the terrorists - they are a threat to the world. Why is this only on the shoulders of so *few* brave (sacrificial) men and women!?

Not expecting answers to my questions.

My sincerest condolences to the familes/friends of these mates!

They are making propaganda out of the deaths of British soldiers. Propaganda that will backfire.

I agree. Such propaganda only convinces people even more that the war against these animals is a just one.

Ivan, it's time for the lads to go downtown and ply their trade. Enough is enough.

None of these Shites are going to "drop dime" on the fedayeen until they can hide behind the squad. The Brits need to get within their swing zone. That's when they'll have the locals giving them head nods, subtle directional pointing and complete breifing. These wonderful Arabs of Basra know where EVERY one of the fedayeen are hiding out. Nothing escapes the eyes, ears and whispers of the homeboys.

They're not stupid however, they're going to wait until enough Anglo guys are in the house to give THEM the assurance that they will suffer no sanction. But ... when the Brits get down there, they'll have solid real time intel. There's no love lost among this crew.

Basra is not like a Chicago suburb, where nobody knows nuthin about nobody and nuthin nosy about nobodys business. Arabs know everything about everybody's business, and they know which of their neighbors are being held hostage right now, how many ghouls are situated where, how many civilians, the layout of the buildings etc. These guys spend their entire lives in that city, on that street.

The Brits better come to a peace with the reality that innocents will be shot. By them. If some murderous sociopath appears in a door with a woman held in front of him with one arm and an automatic weapon poised to shoot in the other .... the Royal Marine needs to fire away. If this guy is allowed to escape, he'll probably kill her anyway and grab someone else. It's going to have to come to this with this type of animal. Shoot high and often, the hostage is going to duck and the perp is going to focus on the firefight. Messy shit.

I wonder if there is someway to distribute a knockout gas throughout these tenaments that are serving as fedayeen refuge/hostage centers?

The Brits are in stalemate right now. The fedayeen are not going anywhere. Their strategy will not change. No amount of shelling will be effective. It's house to house. But ... I am certain that once the good guys get to the hood, the locals will give them perfect poop.

Spacewar.Com regurgitates Agence France Presse articles. Nice try, gobshite.

Ivan