From: Matthew Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:20:28 -0800 To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: It Helps if you Ask Nicely
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/26/1048653748120.html The British had initially boarded the ordinary looking tug in the Khawr abd Allah River on the first day of the war looking for mines and weapons. They found nothing. The same evening a US coastguard cutter took a look, with the same result. The next morning two Australian inflatable boats were sent to make a final check. They did the one thing the other two teams did not: ask. According to an officer in the boarding party the interrogation went something like this: "So, mate, have you got any weapons or explosives on board?
