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2005-09-19 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Steve 2005-09-19 16:29|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 MUCH better.

Posted by .com 2005-09-19 16:38|| 2005-09-19 16:38|| Front Page Top

#2 I think we need one of those bail-posting tanks for the Rantburg Motor Pool. Ya never know when they might come in handy.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-09-19 16:42|| 2005-09-19 16:42|| Front Page Top

#3 There are photos of the "undercover commandos"....they are SAS.

Posted by Grins Sluper5274 2005-09-19 16:54|| 2005-09-19 16:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Imagine the outrage if the US had done this.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats">Laurence of the Rats 2005-09-19 16:58|| http://www.punictreachery.com/]">[http://www.punictreachery.com/] 2005-09-19 16:58|| Front Page Top

#5 talk about a "Get out of Jail free" card...

Posted by Mark E 2005-09-19 16:59|| 2005-09-19 16:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Wait for the BBC to represent this as a criminal act of jail breaking.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-09-19 17:25|| 2005-09-19 17:25|| Front Page Top

#7 It seems like I remember news stories talking about how polite the British were in Iraq, how they didn't wear helmets, and how we should use the shining shining example of good will in Basra as an example of how American troops should behave. Amazing how quickly things can change.

Posted by AuburnTom 2005-09-19 18:01|| 2005-09-19 18:01|| Front Page Top

#8 I hope the commander of the British forces that staged this action got higher-up permission for it. He is going to get major flak from the British media, whether or not he did.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-19 18:51|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-19 18:51|| Front Page Top

#9 The "higher up" has a ready-made explanation: "If we didn't go in with tanks, and free the prisonoers without killing anyone, the mates of the prisoners would have gone in and freed their comrades in an all-out bloodbath."

The "lesser of two evils" argument. 'Probably fairly accurate.

'Hope the 150 Iraqi escapees didn't include any particularly hard boyz.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2005-09-19 21:13|| 2005-09-19 21:13|| Front Page Top

#10 Rather chilling photo of "tank" commander on fire:

This will tend not make the Coldstream Guards more sympathetic to the local viewpoint.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2005-09-19 21:18|| 2005-09-19 21:18|| Front Page Top

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