Wednesday, August 06, 2008
"Our Loyal Allies, the British"
This is a story that makes me wonder what game the British government is playing...
Deborah Haynes and Michael Evans reported in the U.K. TimesOnLine:
"A secret deal between Britain and the notorious al-Mahdi militia prevented British Forces from coming to the aid of their US and Iraqi allies for nearly a week during the battle for Basra this year, The Times has learnt.There's more here...
Four thousand British troops – including elements of the SAS and an entire mechanised brigade – watched from the sidelines for six days because of an “accommodation” with the Iranian-backed group, according to American and Iraqi officers who took part in the assault.
US Marines and soldiers had to be rushed in to fill the void, fighting bitter street battles and facing mortar fire, rockets and roadside bombs with their Iraqi counterparts."
Rick Moran discusses this issue at AmericanThinker.com. The comments to his article are quite interesting:
