British Soldiers Free Two From Basra Jail - (The Spin is On!)

[cynatnite]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050919/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_050919163740

150 Iraqi prisoners escaped because of this 'rescue'.

[Taxloss]

1. Freedom is on the march! n/t

[LondonReign2]

2. This should certainly soothe things over

:sarcasm:

[moodforaday]

3. So, they freed their soldiers

who, dressed as Arabs, opened fire at Iraqi police today, killing one:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1573681,00.html
http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2005/09/19/afx2231697.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/19/AR2005091900572_pf.html

Anyone wants to venture a guess why the Brits were so quick to get those guys back? Crazy, crazy shit is stirring.

[mogster]

6. I find no logical explantation

Even if you take into account that people do go undercover for a number of reasons, there is something strange about this.
The urge to get them back makes that feeling stronger.

And it fits beautifully with the picture, if you're mihopping the Iraqi insurgence.

I'm all exicited to be watching the development :popcorn:

[Ian David]

4. Dumb question: Were any Americans guarding that jail?

It would be interesting if the British were deliberately attacking U.S. forces.

[moodforaday]

5. "Undercover soldiers" = unlawful combatants

UK soldiers in civilian clothes - doesn't that make them "unlawful combatants" per US Dept of Justice definition? The kinds of people that wind up in Gitmo if they're brown-skinned? Those that we're told the Geneva convention doesn't apply to?