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Politics : Let's Talk About the War
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To: NickSE who wrote (191)3/29/2003 3:12:44 PM
From: NickSE  Read Replies (1) of 486
 
Lawlessness Spreads in Villages
As Bandits Rove, Allied Forces Are Blamed for Not Enforcing Order
washingtonpost.com

....."This is getting to be peacekeeping duty, like in Bosnia and Kosovo," said one British Fusilier, a member of the famed Desert Rats. "I came here to fight a war."

A member of a Challenger II tank crew recalled that on his first day in the village of Mushirij, six miles west of Basra, he was called upon to help track down someone who had stolen a villager's tractor. "I had to chase it down with this thing," he said, pointing to the 100-ton British tank. "The tractor was going about 10 miles an hour.".....
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