British Smash Into Iraqi Jail To Free 2 Detained Soldiers

[smartvoter]

British Smash Into Iraqi Jail To Free 2 Detained Soldiers

BAGHDAD, Sept. 19 -- British armored vehicles backed by helicopter gunships burst through the walls of an Iraqi jail Monday in the southern city of Basra to free two British commandos detained earlier in the day by Iraqi police, witnesses and Iraqi officials said. The incident climaxed a confrontation between the two nominal allies that had sparked hours of gun battles and rioting in Basra's streets.

An Iraqi official said a half-dozen armored vehicles had smashed into the jail, the Reuters news agency reported. The provincial governor, Mohammed Walli, told news agencies that the British assault was "barbaric, savage and irresponsible."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/19/AR2005091900572.html

[opihimoimoi]

1. Holy Dog Shit....WTF is going on......? This is bad stuphs here, gonna

lead to worse shit..... hope not.....

[wtmusic]

2. There is a subtext here which we need to stay on top of

This was not supposed to happen, and was not supposed to be reported

[Porcupine]

5. Silly Iraqi's believed Bushco propoganda. Deadly mistake

While the propoganda at home touts the Iraqi "government" and "soveriegnity" nobody in Iraq should have been stupid enough to believe it. Any american or british soldier or mercenary has the absolute right to kill any Iraqi unless definitavely told not to.

Who told them they had the right to run their country? Jeeze.

[pauldp]

3. This is HUGE!

We must not let this be under-reported like the DSM and everything else.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Wow. Yeah, we're really liberatin' them folks, alright.

I mean, as long as they behave themselves and remember who's really in charge.

[smartvoter]

7. That about says it all. nt

[TahitiNut]

6. Tuesday WaPo Front Page - with full color photo, featured story

[lateo]

8. What purpose were these British Commandos serving....

dressed up as muslims and shooting Iraqi Policemen?

[smartvoter]

9. No s**t!! nt

[baby_mouse]

10. What on EARTH????

???

this is just DUMBFOUNDING. What the hell were they doing shooting at the police?