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2007-06-20 Britain

BBC deliberately risked safety of troops

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Posted by trailing wife 2007-06-20 09:47|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 Why would anybody be under the impression that the BBC was anything but the propaganda and intelligence arm of the enemies of the West?

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2007-06-20 10:11|| 2007-06-20 10:11|| Front Page Top

#2 From 1 April 2007 the licence will go up by 3% to £135.50 for colour (per TV) and £45.50 for black and white.

Or the British could eliminate the fee, buy a new 32" color TV every year, screw up enemy spying and propaganda and still have left over change.

Posted by ed 2007-06-20 10:19|| 2007-06-20 10:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Different fees for BW and color TV's? That's ... unbelievably lame.

My thoughts on the BBC's request are unprintable in a family weblog.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-06-20 10:30|| 2007-06-20 10:30|| Front Page Top

#4 "This particular page should not have been published. The BBC never broadcasts or publishes information which may put British troops at increased risk."

Yeah, I believe that.
When's Alan Johnston gonna be appointed Hamas's new Minister of Information?

Posted by tu3031 2007-06-20 10:46|| 2007-06-20 10:46|| Front Page Top

#5 I wonder how much longer the average joe/jane will tolerate their tax dollars going for BBC/PBS propaganda for the terrorists.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-06-20 11:09|| 2007-06-20 11:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh no Seafarious, you have it all wrong. It makes perfect sense, after all, you get 50% of the licence fee if you're blind...

Posted by Tony (UK) 2007-06-20 11:24|| 2007-06-20 11:24|| Front Page Top

#7 I was on their website looking for the story. And I'm looking and looking and looking...
I'll keep looking.

Posted by tu3031 2007-06-20 11:25|| 2007-06-20 11:25|| Front Page Top

#8 I s'pose it never occurred to Aunty to inquire after the troop movements of the insurgents...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-06-20 11:32|| 2007-06-20 11:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Sounds like somebody needs to be locked up for espionage.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-06-20 11:43|| 2007-06-20 11:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Simply put these people are traitors and freedom of the press has nothing to do with it. They should be hung, shot and then burned at the stake. Just to make sure.

Also we need to keep in mind that our own PBS is joined at the hip with the BBC.

Posted by Icerigger 2007-06-20 11:57|| 2007-06-20 11:57|| Front Page Top

#11 I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast.
- William Tecumseh Sherman

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-06-20 12:39|| 2007-06-20 12:39|| Front Page Top

#12 My mother used to say that one should never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity... but in the case of the BBC, I'd be pleased to make an exception.

Sweet Jumping Jeebus on a pogo-stick, who ever posted that little request had better be hiding under their desk this morning. Hundreds of thousands of pissed-off friends and family of military members over there are on the warpath and looking to put his/her head on a stake.

Not that the Brits really go in for that these days... but again, for this kind of malign stupidity they might make an exception, also.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2007-06-20 12:40|| www,ncobrief.com]">[www,ncobrief.com] 2007-06-20 12:40|| Front Page Top

#13 Scurilous traitorous bastards.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-06-20 14:39|| 2007-06-20 14:39|| Front Page Top

#14 A BBC staffer named... Moohamhead? It seems inevitable.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-06-20 15:58|| 2007-06-20 15:58|| Front Page Top

#15 They should be hung, shot and then burned at the stake. Just to make sure.

You left out "torture". My own prescribed method has always been, "Shot and hung after torture." Burning at the stake is merely gilding the lily but, hey!, gilded lilies have their place in this world, too.

My mother used to say that one should never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity... but in the case of the BBC, I'd be pleased to make an exception.

Too right, Sgt. Mom! This sort of crapulence simply cannot be atributed to brain death. It is the sole product of calculated and vile treason.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-06-20 17:15|| 2007-06-20 17:15|| Front Page Top

#16 Speculation, possible avenue of investigation: AQ leaders have lost contact with their own spy network because of the disruption caused by recent allied operations and a mole or sympathizer at Beeb has tried to take up the slack.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2007-06-20 17:17|| 2007-06-20 17:17|| Front Page Top

#17 Notice:

If you are in Iraq and have any information on the movements of BBC spies, scouts, and reconnaisance parties that you would like to share with CIA , MI-6, and the SAS, please post it here.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2007-06-20 17:24|| 2007-06-20 17:24|| Front Page Top

#18 Sorry, missed that one. How about forced to hand dig the graves of every fallen Allied solder.

Posted by Icerigger 2007-06-20 18:01|| 2007-06-20 18:01|| Front Page Top

#19 #16 I don't get it. What's speculative about that?

Posted by Matt 2007-06-20 20:29|| 2007-06-20 20:29|| Front Page Top

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