Gunga Din redux. Tanks instead of an elephant, Iraq instead of colonial India, Iraqi's instead of Thugees.
Memorable yet politically incorrect line by Cary Grant's character - "All you wogs are under arrest" The more things change, the more they stay the same. --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, "Vigilius Haufniensis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-13442083,00.html > > UK TROOPS ON HIGH ALERT > > British troops in Iraq are on high alert as the crisis over the rescue of two British soldiers threatens to escalate further. > Forces used around 10 tanks to break down the walls of Basra jail to free two service personnel arrested for allegedly firing on Iraqi policemen. > > > Witnesses said about 150 Iraqi prisoners fled the jail as well. > > The incident led to a wave of violence with crowds of protesters surrounding two British armoured vehicles and setting them alight. > > The Ministry of Defence insists the men's release was negotiated. > > The city's mayor has described the incident as a "barbaric act of aggression". > > Earlier an MoD spokesman said: "We can confirm that two military personnel were detained by Iraqi authorities." > > Photographs showed the unshaven pair in custody, dressed casually in T-shirts and trousers, and sitting on the floor with their hands behind their backs. > > One of the men had his head swathed in bandages and appeared to have bloodstains on his top. > > The other, who apparently had blood smeared on his trousers, had plasters on his head. > > Nadhim al-Jabari, the Basra provincial council's spokesman, said the two men were likely to go before an Iraqi court. It was unclear if they had yet been charged. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/vseplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/