May 08, 2004

Shi'ite Fighters Take on British Troops in Basra

Iraqi militants and British troops fought running battles in Basra on Saturday as hundreds of Mehdi Army fighters took to the streets in a show of strength after suffering heavy losses from U.S. forces elsewhere.
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But a British military spokesman described the violence as the "posturing of a few lawless individuals" and said the troops were keeping a discreet distance, waiting for it to pass. They held talks with local leaders. By evening, the city was calmer.
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The Basra violence came a day after a preacher from Sadr's movement told worshippers in the city he would pay a reward of $70 for the capture of a British or American soldier -- and $170 for a woman soldier he said could then be kept as a sex slave.

"If we capture a British woman soldier we will take her as a concubine and we will have the right to pleasure ourselves with her," said Kassem Hassan, the Mehdi Army fighter.

This is, of course, straight from the Koran and the will of Mohammed...Ewwwwww.
Thank God they're losers and won't get the opportunity to make this a reality.
The promise of the 72 virgins (or raisins, depending on how you interpret the Koran) is also not doing the trick these days, because as I blogged below, Osama's had to resort to offering gold as a reward.
We're winning....! On to complete victory!