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Iraqi POW Claims to Be Briton Fighting for Saddam
A man claiming to be a British citizen fighting for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein surrendered to British forces near Basra, telling them he wanted to go home to his family in Manchester. Maybe you can meet them again in the afterlife, dirtbag... The man, in his mid-20s with a Manchester accent, handed himself over to British troops outside the southern Iraqi city on Sunday after attacks on British forces by Iraqi militiamen in civilian clothes. "He said that he had come out here to fight against coalition forces because he didn't believe in what we were doing," Corporal Jonathan Duffy, 21, of Britain's Irish Guards said. Guess he stopped believing in what Sammy's doing, huh? Or is he allergic to the smell of gunpowder? The unidentified man was being held at a prisoner of war camp to the southwest of al Zubayr, an Iraqi town a short distance from Basra. The prisoner was quoted as saying he joined a militia group after a deal was set up by relatives in the Basra area. A spokesman for the British Army confirmed that a man from Britain had been detained and further investigations into his activities in Iraq and his precise nationality were being conducted. Britain's Ministry of Defense in London was not immediately able to confirm the report. The way the world is today, he'll probably end up back in Manchester, instead of standing in front of a wall with a blindfold and a cigarette. Too bad. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-03-26 |
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