Black Watch strike at heart of burning Basra

Scotland on Sunday ^ | March 30, 2003 | GETHIN CHAMBERLAIN

[MadIvan]

Well done to the lads, as always.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[Beck_isright]

God, I love those guys. They are without a doubt some of the finest soldiers in the world.

GSTQ!

V

[AHerald]

Riveting stuff, good writing.

Thanks for this great post, Ivan. God bless Black Watch.

[may18]

aah our scottish regiments ;p

No wonder the romans decided to try to keep them out with a wall rather than take them on

A proud and old regiment.

[dighton]

... they had survived a very close shave and someone was going to pay.

[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[merrin]

[Mister Baredog]

WOW A vivid account of heros at work, love those tanks, guess they might have to repaint a few when they get home.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Great news and excellent report. We are praying specifically for the liberation of Basra - over Here Please keep us posted on the progress. Looks like a paticularly dense location of "evil" given this information: "The man leading the fightback, General Ali Hassan al-Majid - known as Chemical Ali - is said to have ordered soldiers to sign up every day to promise to fight on.

Drafted in to bolster the resistance and retake the south of the country, he is believed to have brought with him 500 men from a special security guard based in Saddam’s home town of Tikrit, placing two of them with each military commander with orders to shoot him if he shows signs of capitulating. "

Go, Brits, Go!

[Molly Pitcher]

Black Watch ping!

[MinuteGal]

Now THIS is a vivid piece of writing. You feel like you're right there inside the tank with the brave bonny lads as they scour the streets and go about their business.

Bless them all!

Leni

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Your Union Jack waves proudly today, Ivan. Those are real men and we all salute them!

[Conservative4Ever]

Thanks Ivan...great post. Makes me proud of my Scottish heritage. God Bless the Black Watch.

Red

[WOSG]

The other good news here is that if we surround and take Basra, we can capture or kill Chemical Ali.

here's hoping we liberate it soon.

[may18]

Taking of basra and especially chemical ali would send a HUGE shockwave through iraq imho

[Travis McGee]

Manning the gun in the turret of his Warrior, Lee Webb is relishing the chance of action, savouring the adrenalin rush, eager to find new targets for the crew’s 30mm gun.

High on the excitement of battle it does not pay to get in his way.

Everywhere he looks there are Iraqis shooting at him, men on roofs firing rocket-propelled grenades, Iraqi gunmen leaning out of windows to open up with their AK47s.

Each time the turret swivels round and there is one less threat to worry about.

[Travis McGee]

MadIvan, I will support Great Britain until my last breath.

Thank you.

[Alouette]

[Brad’s Gramma]

A 20ft statue of Saddam Hussein lies in ruins, the television mast that dominated the skyline is gone, and many of the militia men who have tormented the British troops laying siege to the city and fired on their own people as they tried to flee, lie dead amid the rubble of their headquarters.

AAAAAhhhhhhhhhh