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Originally posted by pieman
good to see the british army hasn't lost it's traditions, grab some unarmed civilians and fight them four to one, making sure you throw in a few good kicks once they go down. a cowardly show.
the camera man certainly got a nice kick out of it, didn't he. makes me wonder why the camera was shaking.
Originally posted by pieman
nope, next time these kids will make sure they're armed with more than rocks.
the soldiers that walk in at the end of the tape seem pretty non-plussed by the beating, they just glance over and continue across the yard, it doesn't look like an isolated incident.
devilwasp, this has happened before, in almost every colonial country, i stand by it, i'll look for links if you wish.
[edit on 12-2-2006 by pieman]
Originally posted by devilwasp
Factory, you know that a DIY grenade was thrown by those teens.
Originally posted by pieman
nope, next time these kids will make sure they're armed with more than rocks.
Originally posted by Echtelion
I wonder if you would react the same of the US Army would savagely beat members of your family or friends the same way... would you say that they did the right thing and that these people were too dangerous to be left alone... as they were throwing stones???
[edit on 12/2/06 by Echtelion]
Originally posted by martin3030
Hers the link to the News of the world..............Britains biggest selling Sunday newspaper.........which is covering the story.........
www.newsoftheworld.co.uk...
Originally posted by R988
Originally posted by martin3030
Hers the link to the News of the world..............Britains biggest selling Sunday newspaper.........which is covering the story.........
www.newsoftheworld.co.uk...
You forgot to mention how respectable the NofW is
Originally posted by ArchAngel
You would be outraged if it was happening in your nation.
Originally posted by Klepto
No relatives of mine would throw IED's or rocks at soldiers or police... the are not stupid enough and would be too civil to do such a thing. If I threw a rock or a hand made grenade at them.. then I would think I would have gotten off lightly if I took a beating.. needless to say that these people (young or not) knew what they were doing was wrong and have gotten away with it for so long that they had become nonchalant about the attacks on soldiers.
Originally posted by ArchAngel
Details emerged last night of a shocking video which appears to show a group of British soldiers brutally beating and kicking defenceless Iraqi teenagers in an army compound.
The footage is said to show eight soldiers pulling four teenagers off the street following a riot and dragging them into their army base, before beating them with batons, as well as punching and kicking them.
An urgent Military Police investigation was under way last night into the events shown in the video. The Ministry of Defence issued the following statement: 'We are aware of these very serious allegations and can confirm that they are the subject of an urgent Royal Military Police investigation. We condemn all acts of abuse and treat any allegation of wrongdoing extremely seriously.'
But the emergence of the footage, given to the News of the World by an anonymous whistleblower, will spark a huge controversy about the conduct of the army in Iraq. There were also fears that it could lead to more attacks on the British soldiers currently serving there.
British troops videoed 'beating Iraqis'
Its hard to deny video eveidence.
I suspect the footage will turn up all over the web in the next few days.
Combined with the release of the Anti-American movie in Turkey the West is going to take a big propaganda hit this coming week.
Originally posted by Rasobasi420
Remind me that if the USA is ever invaded by an oppressive force to NOT count on your family for help. They would have too much respect and civility towards those occupying forces.
As for the DIY grenade, I saw a lot of people in the streets before the troops came in. They were pretty far away too. Do we really trust that when a person is getting a grenade thrown at them, they really take the time to look at the person doing the throwing? I'd be too busy looking at the grenade, or a place to take cover.
I'm sure these teenagers "fit the description". Middle-Eastern male age 14-24, must be apprehended and kicked repeatedly in the #^*$.