Sorry if stories like these
Sorry if stories like these are getting old, but they've got to be told: Forced to die for a regime they hate
THE elderly Iraqi man walked gingerly towards the checkpoint set up by Royal Marines on the outskirts of Basra. As he got closer to the troops they warily fixed their gun barrels on the shuffling figure in front of them.Holding his hands in the air he shouted out in English: "Please, please. Surrender, surrender." He looked like just another fighter - until he dropped five grenades on the floor. [...]
"I did not want to do the attack because I hate Saddam Hussein and his regime and the British I see as my friends. I am a Muslim and killing people is also against my religion, but they gave me no choice.
"When I walked up to the gate I thought, ‘I cannot do this’. So I told the British soldiers I am their friend and I pulled up my shirt and showed them my weapons, and they didn’t shoot me.
"There are other people like me that the regime forces to do things they don’t want. We just want freedom."
Posted by Matt at April 7, 2003 12:28 AM
