A teenage girl waved at our troops... she was hanged within the hour

News of the World ^ | March 30, 2003 | Ian Kirby,

[MadIvan]

GULF WAR II: Brit support grows for conflict + Officer reveals brutality

LT COL TIM COLLINS: Reveals his battle to lift Iraq's shadow of tyranny

TO THE RESCUE: US marine carries tot to safety after Iraqis fire on civilians

TO LOVING CARE: Forces doc cradles tot

A SMILING teenage girl who waved at patrolling British soldiers and accepted a big-hearted squaddie's gift of chocolate was HANGED by agents of Saddam.

The butchers of the dictator's corrupt Ba'ath party had spied on the Muslim youngster from an alleyway in Az Zubayr near Basra.

Battle-hardened troops of the 1st Batallion, The Royal Irish Regiment choked back tears when they later saw her limp beaten body swaying from a lamp-post in the ramshackle south Iraq town held by Allies.

And yesterday their grim-faced commander, Lt Colonel Tim Collins chewed on a cigar and confirmed:

"A teenage girl who waved at my troops was hanged within the hour.

"These daily outrages have made us more determined than ever to crush Saddam's evil regime. There's still much fear among the people we're meeting.

"Our mission is to assuage it, to fill the power vacuum left by the decapitation of the Ba'ath Party.

You have to understand that nobody under the age of 45 has ever known life without it. They have no concept or inkling of freedom—and that's a heavy weight on our shoulders.

" We came into this area hard and at no little risk. We've had great success in cutting off the Ba'ath Party here.

" Its chief who was Lord God On High in these parts is currently considering his options in a Prisoner of War cage.

" I'd reserved judgment on him—and then I found the knuckleduster in his drawer.

" One of the few good things I can say about the party is that they keep meticulous records.

" We established all the names of local members. We knew they were threatening people co-operating with us, so we paid some of them a visit overnight.

" It's not straightforward but it works. One man found a shot through his kitchen floor helped him remember where his weapon was hidden."

Belfast-born Lt Col Collins (pictured above) wears trendy Ray-Ban sunglasses and a kukri—the blade he is entitled to carry as a Gurkha commander. His troops are distributing food and medical supplies and restoring water and power while Ba'ath thugs terrorise the population.

The soldiers have seen the mass graves Saddam's henchmen dug for their countrymen murdered for co-operating with US troops during the last Gulf War in 1991.

This time round, in an unspeakable act of barbarism, children had their throats slit.

And yesterday families fleeing Basra were fired on by Iraqi troops. Compassionate US marines picked up children and took them to safety.

Royal Irish Regiment soldiers foiled a plot by the Ba'ath monsters to assassinate one of their comrades as ‘reprisal' for their liberation of the town.

Lt Col Collins, who gave a rousing speech to his men at the start of the war, stormed: "There will be no murders on my watch. We came into this area with excellent intelligence and have since made first-class local contacts. At the risk of their lives local people offered information to my patrols and it was spot-on. It saved the life of one of my men."

Lt Col Collins based himself in the Ba'ath party HQ as a psychological move.

On the front door, one of his men has defiantly scrawled: "Welcome to Free Iraq."

[InvisibleChurch]

God has a special place for 'men' like these.

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

Makes me sick! She was hung in the name of Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Mike Farell, David Ducovney, Ed Asner, Tim Robbins, Matt Dameon, ANSWER.

I am so glad you said that. I am at the point of hating these bleeding heart liberals and especially REUTERS who has FAILED to report even one story fairly in my opinion.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

From this article, it looks like we are setting up shop in the heart of Basra. Is that correct?

[arkady_renko]

[sweetliberty]

I hope there is a bump list that is archiving all these stories of the atrocities of Saddam's regime. It will provide a lot of of information that will be needed when this over when the democrats start trying to spin the war to their political advantage.

May God's protection be on the innocents. It certainly was last night with missile strike on the mall. It must have been a real disappontment Saddam's thugs that there were no injuries.

[MadIvan]

We just struck at the heart of Basra. The point is to drive out the remainder of Saddam's people, bit by bit.

Regards, Ivan

[Darksheare]

Brass knuckles.

[TopQuark]

The blood of this young girl is on the hands of the Lefties that encourage Saddam and his thugs.

[Republican Wildcat]

Both. They haven't heard, and they wouldn't care even if they did.

[The_Dogs_Of_War]

CUDOS!!! USA hats off to the Brits!!!!!

[Happygal]

Mud..one to be excerpted to the Black threads?

BTW, I gotta love that Irish boy...Lt. Col. Tim Robbins.

[Conservababe]

MadIvan, I really am in love with you, politically speaking, of course.

Thank you, thank you, for this information and all others that you provide. We need it, to be sure.

No offense to our reporters, but they seem not to have the gift of a way with words like you Brits.

[FreedomCalls]

Anybody dare to post this article on DU?

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

I agree, they should broadcast the images of the gallant troops helping the Iraqi kids. Nothing better to counter the propaganda coming out of Baghdad, not to mention al Jazeera.

And REUTERS and CNN and in every bleeding heart liberals mailbox in your address book....along with a picture of this hanging if we can find one.

[Cboldt]

A teenage girl who waved at my troops was hanged within the hour.

That is satanic, sickening and so very sad.

For many days I have held the position that the RG should be obliterated. It is sad to admit I was right.

[skinkinthegrass]

Salute to the Brits.

[commish]

" It's not straightforward but it works. One man found a shot through his kitchen floor helped him remember where his weapon was hidden. "

I LOVE IT! LOL!

[Proud2BAmerican]

The link to the other story on this Colonel was a great read by the way -- fwd'd it to numerous friends.

So if they're outside Basra, is the Ba'ath Party HQ (which they are occupying, it seems from the article) outside the city also? I would have imagined it would have been more centrally located in the city.

What is the nature of the UK troops functions in and around Basra now? Are they making strikes into the city? Still engaged in heavy combat? Thanks ahead of time.

[Fzob]

Every Ba'athists in Iraq should be hung alive in the street and let the locals take turns doing whatever is needed.

[Sacajaweau]

Thank you for this article.