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Breaking basra story: UK undercover agents in car with explosives

brian | 20.09.2005 14:54

the explosives angle is being ignored by the MSM


Iraqi police detain two British soldiers in Basra

www.chinaview.cn 2005-09-19 22:46:55

BAGHDAD, Sept. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Iraqi police detained two British soldiers in civilian clothes in the southern city Basra for firing on a police station on Monday, police said.

"Two persons wearing Arab uniforms opened fire at a police station in Basra. A police patrol followed the attackers and captured them to discover they were two British soldiers," an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

The two soldiers were using a civilian car packed with explosives, the source said.

He added that the two were being interrogated in the police headquarters of Basra.

The British forces informed the Iraqi authorities that the two soldiers were performing an official duty, the source said. British military authorities said they could not confirm the incident but investigations were underway. Enditem

 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/19/content_3514065.htm

brian

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  1. The Secret State — branded
  2. Cover up — Read Chomsky
  3. 'Divide & Rule' is easy — Media a Willing Partner
  4. Just take a strole with a .... BAZOOKA! — Neil
  5. soldiers — twilight
  6. twilight-Keep taking the pills mate! — Paul
  7. Another unsupported conjecture cited as fact — Incredulous
  8. Basa update — Neil
  9. Pathetic Showing — Keep Digging
  10. Twilight Zone — Psy-op
  11. Standards in reporting — Incredulous
  12. Believe what you like. — Krop
  13. Krop — semper ego
  14. Proving My Point — Thanks
  15. So what are the facts? — jackslucid
  16. More often than not the 'facts' are just speculation — Incredulous
  17. Yes - Incredulous — jackslucid
  18. empirical truth? — Krop
  19. jackslucid — Irritant
  20. A reply to 'Jack' — Incredulous
  21. Jack ... — Jordan
  22. A number ... incredulous ... — jackslucid
  23. Incredulous: well said! — rocket