Iraqi Column Near Basra Largely Destroyed-UK Official

Reuters ^ | March 27, 2003 | Reuters

[Swampmarine]

Made my night!

[ambrose]

yeah, it would make for good wallpaper on Windoze

[Gracey]

I can't believe that garbage the press threw ...

"When should our government show us footage of bombs that did not hit their target..."

[WKB]

Boycott the "S" word. It's French!!!

I wondered where that word came from.

[Professional]

The press is running out of ways to predict our demise!

[Professional]

Iraqi Column Near Basra Largely Destroyed-UK Official

Did we actually let some get away?! How would that happen, hiding in the jungle, mountains?

[skr]

I just saw the UK Centcom briefing and one British-sounding reporter asked the officer if he would apologize for the 20 dead civilians in the Baghdad marketplace. (I've heard anywhere from 14-20 now.) At some point, he told a reporter he wasn't a deatil man and was scolded for not knowing all the details when British troops were in harm's way. It's too bad reporters don't have to be particularly intelligent or polite.

[laz17]

Most of the column was destroyed? Not ALL of it? Ye gods, you know what THAT means, don't you? Things aren't going as planned! We've suffered a serious setback! The war will take months, not weeks! Maybe even years, not months! What ever shall we do???

I am saddened, saddened, as well as deeply concerned, that we didn't destroy every single vehicle in the convoy. The few vehicles that weren't destroyed may very well indeed tilt the balance of the war even more against us than it already is and prove to be the utter downfall of the human race.

[laz17]

I absolutely loved the way he smacked down that guy from Al Jazeera. But to be honest, that puke from Al Jazeera deserves far more than just a verbal smack-down.

[EaglesUpForever]

He deserves to be out of a job due to a non-existent station.

[laz17]

Misuse of the white flag was their final mistake.

Yes, they should have consulted the French about the proper use of the white flag.

[ninonitti]

Pictures of smoldering wrecks????????

[laz17]

He deserves to be out of a job due to a non-existent station.

Mindboggling, isn't it, the utter savagery and barbarity of the enemy we fight. Fedayeen capture our troops and execute them, then Al Jazeera broadcasts videos with gruesome images that shouldn't been seen by anyone other than a coroner. Sometimes I think these people are Neanderthals who just happen to look like Homo Sapiens.

[Orlando]

I fully agree.
We need better PR with the world press, any ideas?

[Neanderthal]

"Sometimes I think these people are Neanderthals who just happen to look like Homo Sapiens."

Whoa . . . ease up on the Neanderthals.

[Marak]

"Yes, they should have consulted the French about the proper use of the white flag."

Ummm, they did. The French used the white-flag-and-then-attack trick against our guys in WWII in Africa.

[Yaron]

Who knows what to believe?

What about the first day of the war when the 51st had supposedly surrendered?

This war is beginning to scare me.

[Tommyjo]

From MOD press briefing live on Sky News in reference to the break out of the Iraqi tanks at Basra:

19 Iraqi T-55 tanks destroyed by a combination of anti-tank guided weapons, artillery and air strikes. UK Challenger tanks destroyed a total of 14 T-55s in addition to the earlier 19.

[Critter]

"Sometimes I think these people are Neanderthals who just happen to look like Homo Sapiens. "

Wholly mackeral! You uncovered the missing link! Dr. Leaky, stand aside!

[RetiredArmy]

Retreat? Counteroffensive? Who cares, it's dead now. So sad, too bad.