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To: Ilaine who wrote (90162)	4/5/2003 6:58:48 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Haven't heard about him for a while. Odd it was guys from Manchester who caught him. I expect Manchurians see see this as the same 'ol same 'ol stuff they can see on any Friday night after a few beers. he should be shot and* hung* -ROTFL- [btw, this UK Muslim fighter stuff is overall an advantage I think. There will be a majority of them who would be loyal to the UK cause (imho) and the opportunities for intelligence gathering must be immense. Not sure if they be willing to be named though] timesonline.co.uk This story was on the same page. timesonline.co.uk So when are you guys going let those innocent British "tourists" held in Guantanamo Bay out, or are they now on some USA funded mystery tour of the Caribbean ?? -g- ======================================================= Manchester man caught fighting for Saddam's militia From Martin Bentham outside Basra THE British Army is investigating claims that a man from Manchester who was fighting for President Saddam Hussein has been detained by British Forces and is being held in a prisoner of war camp in southern Iraq. The man, who is believed to be in his mid-twenties but has not been named, was captured near Basra on Sunday as he joined Iraqi militia in civilian clothing in an attack on British troops. He has told his captors that he travelled to Iraq to fight against the coalition forces but now wanted to return home to England to be reunited with his family in Manchester. Army officers said that he taunted British soldiers, telling them that he intended to live on benefits when he returns to Britain. They said that he also revelled in the fact that the Geneva Convention meant that his captors would be unable to punish him or prevent him from returning home. Corporal Jonathan Duffy, 21, an infantryman with the First Battalion Irish Guards, which is part of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards battle group of the Desert Rats, questioned the man, who is believed to be Iraqi-born but claims British citizenship. “He was being very arrogant and offensive, swearing at everyone,” Corporal Duffy said. “He said that he had come out here to fight against coalition forces because he didn’t believe in what we were doing. But when it came to it, he didn’t fight properly at all, he just surrendered. He was a coward.” Corporal Duffy, who is also from Manchester, continued: “He had a Manchester accent so he stood out immediately. We were asking him to help us to be a translator with the other captives but he was just being abusive and saying: ‘Why should I help you? I don’t have to.’ “He told us that he was originally from Iraq but had emigrated to Britain with his family and had British citizenship. He said he wanted to go back to England, to go back home he called it. It was a joke. He was calling us mugs. I think he should be shot and hung.” The man, who is believed to have lived in London as well as Manchester, is understood to have relatives in Iraq, who arranged for him to join one of Saddam’s militia forces. He was captured by soldiers from the Black Watch battle group of the Desert Rats, the 7th Armoured Brigade, after reportedly being involved in several enemy “contacts” with British troops. No precise details of his actions were available. A spokesman for the British Army confirmed that a man from Britain had been detained and said that investigations into his activities in Iraq and his nationality were being conducted. Under the Geneva Convention, all prisoners must be given food and water and, at the earliest possible moment, shelter. If the man is confirmed to be a British citizen, he will be entitled to return to Britain. The Manchester area is developing a tradition of producing Muslim radicals willing to fight against British troops. Hassan Butt, 22, a university drop-out from Prestwich, went to Pakistan during the Afghanistan war and boasted of recruiting hundreds of Britons to join the Taleban. He was questioned under anti-terrorism laws by Scotland Yard in December but has been freed. Jamal Udeen, 35, a website designer, formerly known as Ronald Fiddler, from Hulme, Manchester, is being held for interrogation by the United States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after he was discovered in Afghanistan by US Marines. He claimed to be a tourist. Anwar Khan, 25, from Burnley, was lured into fighting for the Taleban but was captured by the Northern Alliance before September 11 and was in prison when the War on Terror began.