BBC UK Jail Break of Iraqi Jail Top on Mian Page

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Mon Sep-19-05 04:38 PM
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BBC UK Jail Break of Iraqi Jail Top on Mian Page

Two British soldiers have been freed from the jail in the Iraqi city of Basra where they were being held after UK tanks smashed down a wall.

The Ministry of Defence denies its tanks deliberately demolished the wall and insist the men's release was secured through negotiations.

Basra's governor called the demolition a "barbaric act of aggression".

The arrests earlier sparked clashes in which UK tanks came under attack and two civilians were reportedly killed...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4262336.stm

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daninthemoon

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Mon Sep-19-05 04:40 PM
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1. Does this mean the war for liberation has begun?

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Mon Sep-19-05 04:41 PM
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2. Bwahahahahaha, negotiations!

Here's the deal, Muhammed. We smash down your jail, take back our guys and if you make one move to stop us, we blow you to bits. Now, we could have just gone ahead and done it, but this way, it's a negotiation. So which is it, we get our guys and you live, or we get our guys and you die?

This is going to be great. There's footage all over the place of this one and they can't lie their way out.

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Mon Sep-19-05 04:47 PM
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4. I haven't seen the footage of this yet, Link? n/t

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Mon Sep-19-05 04:45 PM
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3. Does this mean they were not prisoners of war?

...pictures of two soldiers being detained in police cells show the men wearing civilian clothes.

The official said: "They were driving a civilian car and were dressed in civilian clothes when a shooting took place between them and Iraqi patrols.

Also this:

...Violence has been increasing in the British-controlled Basra region in recent months...

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