Considering the questionable acts of British troops discovered recently dressed as Arabs and firing on Iraqis in Basra, who were captured by the Basra Iraqi police and whose station was then stormed by British troops in order to release the accused Brit soldiers....have to wonder if this new story has any relationship to it:
UK forces kill 7, blow up Iraqi police HQMon Dec 25, 2006 10:56am ET
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - British forces killed seven gunmen and blew up the headquarters of the police serious crimes unit in southern Basra on Monday in a raid to rescue prisoners who were about to be killed, the British military said.
Calling the police station a center of "criminal enterprise" and a symbol of oppression for the city's residents, the military said the building was demolished with explosives after a pre-dawn assault by around 1,000 troops backed by tanks.
Many of its 127 prisoners, all suspected criminals, were found crowded into a small cell, living in "appalling conditions", the military said. A number had crushed feet or hands and gunshot wounds to the knee, apparent signs of torture.
British military spokesman Captain Tane Dunlop said the unit had been taking the law into its own hands. "Crimes unit? That's pretty much what it does, rather than prevent," he told Reuters...cont'd
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-12-25T234031Z_01_IBO034602_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ.xml______________________________________________________________________________________
British "Undercover Soldiers" Caught driving Booby Trapped Car
"They refused to say what their mission was."
by Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, September 20, 2006
The following Reuters report raises some disturbing questions.
Why were undercover British "soldiers" wearing traditional Arab headscarves firing at Iraqi police?
The incident took place just prior to a major religious event in Basra.
The report suggests that the police thought the British soldiers looked "suspicious". What was the nature of their mission?
Occupation forces are supposesd to be collaborating with Iraqi authorities. Why did Britsh Forces have to storm the prison using tanks and armoured vehicles to liberate the British undercover agents?
"British forces used up to 10 tanks " supported by helicopters " to smash through the walls of the jail and free the two British servicemen."
Was there concern that the British "soldiers" who were being held by the Iraqi National Guard would be obliged to reveal the nature and objective of their undercover mission?
A report of Al Jazeera TV, which preceeded the raid on the prison, suggests that the British undercover soldiers were driving a booby trapped car loaded with ammunition...cont'd
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20050920&articleId=972 
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