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| Muslim accosts injured Para in hospital |
| 2006-10-02 |
| By Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent, The Telegraph A paratrooper wounded in Afghanistan was threatened by a Muslim visitor to the British hospital where he is recovering. Seriously wounded soldiers have complained that they are worried about their safety after being left on wards that are open to the public at Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham. On one occasion a member of the Parachute Regiment, still dressed in his combat uniform after being evacuated from Afghanistan, was accosted by a Muslim over the British involvement in the country. "You have been killing my Muslim brothers in Afghanistan," the man said during a tirade. Because the soldier was badly injured and could not defend himself, he was very worried for his safety, sources told The Daily Telegraph. A relative of the Para said the man had twice walked on to the ward where two other soldiers and four civilians were being treated without once being challenged by staff. "It's not the best way to treat our returning men," he said. "They are nervous that these guys might attack them and, despite being paratroopers, they cannot defend themselves because of their injuries." Just what Code Pink and the rest of the moonbats would do to our guys if we let them. Soldiers on operations say they would rather receive a more serious injury and go to the top American military hospital in Ramstein, Germany, than end up in a NHS hospital. They now half jokingly refer to getting "a Boche rather than a Blighty" in reference to the wounds that would send them home. Ramstein has an outstanding unit for brain surgery, and neurological intensive care beds in Britain are in short supply. "The blokes see it that if you are unlucky you get wounded and go to the UK at the mercy of the NHS, but if you get a head wound you get sent to Ramstein in Germany where the US has an outstanding medical facility," said an officer serving in Afghanistan. . . . In the past decade the seven military hospitals in Britain, Germany and Cyprus have been closed. The remaining military hospital at Haslar, Portsmouth, is expected to be sold to developers next year. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #5 I'll come sit by his bed, with my trusty axehandle. Of course, that's going to mean extra work for the local hospital staff if I have to use it. Chances are that someone sitting there with what is obviously a weapon would send the muzzie sh$$ running for the john. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-10-02 20:39 |
| #4 They used to call this sort of behaviour "sedition". |
| Posted by: Flea 2006-10-02 17:54 |
| #3 "You have been killing my Muslim brothers in Afghanistan," Anyone noticed how little this guy seems to acre about his Muslim brothers killed by the Taliban? We should send him to Afghanistan, in Northen Alliance zone. |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-10-02 11:45 |
| #2 Very sad, and there should be an appropriate response; how about having a couple garrisoned paras watch the ward? Even armed only with sticks (weapons would be preferred, of course, not sure how PC-rotten official Britain would react to this), I'm sure they could put an end to this. "You have been killing my Muslim brothers in Afghanistan," Shows well where his loyalty is, doesn't it? Especially since afghanistan is supposedly the good war. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-10-02 10:31 |
| #1 how about supplying big unfriendly security guards to beat the sh*t out of our muslim visitors, Code Pink, or any other unwelcome intruders |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-02 10:25 |