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Iraq-Jordan
Black Watch soldiers capture death squad
2004-11-13
Black Watch soldiers supporting the US assault on Fallujah yesterday intercepted a suicide bombing squad after a series of fire-fights and a helicopter chase across the desert. Two insurgents were last night being interrogated at the troops' Camp Dogwood base after a huge cache of bomb-making equipment was found in their car. Morale soared as word spread among the Black Watch's 850-strong battle group at Camp Dogwood last night.
Big snip, go read the rest at the link. Really good writing from embedded reporters about an exciting and successful engagement, including fleeing jihadis shooting at the Brits' helicopter from their car as they tried to drive away.
Posted by:Seafarious

#17  personally , I would send in Roy 'chubby' Brown . He's offensive to everyone !! They'll talk just to shut him up .
Posted by: MacNails   2004-11-13 9:54:55 PM  

#16  So, vile sand dweller - NOW will you tell us of your troop movements?"
Posted by: mojo   2004-11-13 6:59:24 PM  

#15  I'm shocked as hell that The Twit Who Shall Not Be Named hasn't shown up here and started a fight.

Think he can only manage one thread a day?
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-11-13 4:14:10 PM  

#14  The only bummer is that for all their efforts, they only nabbed two out of ten.

They ought to be pissed about that, if it's true (it is according to the accounts I've read). Chasing ten men in three cars, with choppers and light armoured vehicles, and they only nabbed two?! Definitely room for improvement. The Lynx aren't up to the task, methinks, although they may have reached the scene too late to hope to get all the bad guys. We've got Longbows; I think it's time they were moved up for some action. I doubt the goons would have had the opportunity to shoot back at an Apache

Still, two are better than none.
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-11-13 3:36:37 PM  

#13  Haggis, and force them to listen to Spice Girls songs alternated wiht Rupert Holmes.

You don't know Rupert Holmes?

Everyone knows Rupert Holmes, although perhaps not by name.

He sang "The Pina Colada Song", also known as "Escape". Everyone knows Rupert Holmes because, given the chance, 95% of us would like to throttle him until his face was purple. The remaining 5% are middle-aged women who, for some reason, find this song entertaining.
Posted by: OldSpook   2004-11-13 2:01:39 PM  

#12  The only bummer is that for all their efforts, they only nabbed two out of ten.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-11-13 1:54:41 PM  

#11  Re #2: The Queen's English for "hooyah" is probably "hurrah!" as in the Admiral's recitative from HMS Pinafore:

Then give three cheers,
I'll lead the way,
Hurrah! Hurrah! Hooray!"
Posted by: mom   2004-11-13 1:23:12 PM  

#10  Tough questions, hard looks, cudgels, pliers, flaming shoots of bamboo under the fingernails, underwear hats, snarling dogs, Lyndie England wearing Fredricks of Hollywood sportingwear...

But eating haggis?

Good God, RJ! There's no need to get carried away!
Posted by: Darth VAda   2004-11-13 12:43:37 PM  

#9  Make them eat Haggis!
Posted by: RJ Schwarz   2004-11-13 11:56:59 AM  

#8  Send in Doug Pihrana!

"He used...SATIRE!"

Posted by: Ernest Brown   2004-11-13 11:26:50 AM  

#7  Yikes British interrogation! Cold shoulders, sneering looks, quick cuts and horrific browbeating, all designed to force the prisoner to genetically recall that he is but a native.


Posted by: Shipman   2004-11-13 10:26:24 AM  

#6  Like in "Man On Fire", cut off one finger for each question they get wrong or don't answer! Mop their foreheads, be patient!
Posted by: smn   2004-11-13 10:07:25 AM  

#5  Pay back is a bitch , and we aint even warmed up yet .
Posted by: MacNails   2004-11-13 10:04:52 AM  

#4  "The two arrests were made after a cleric pointed out one of the rebels who had tried to blend into a crowd of 100 onlookers."
Maybe there are some moderate clerics!
Posted by: Tom   2004-11-13 9:43:38 AM  

#3  Congratulations. Enjoy the interrogations, but don't use cameras.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-11-13 8:31:50 AM  

#2  Awesome! What's the Queen's English for Hooyah!!!?

Given what they found, can their intent be in doubt, lol!? I hope the interrogation oversight is extremely lax and the boys are in a very bad mood...
Posted by: .com   2004-11-13 3:28:30 AM  

#1  Members of the Black Watch in Iraq
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-11-13 1:21:59 AM  

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