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arcane1

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2. Remember those two British solders who were caught dressed as Arabs in Basra?

Reply to ND-Dem (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 01:54 PM

Feb 2015

Tensions were already high in Basra on Monday morning following the detention on Sunday of a senior figure in the Shia Mehdi Army, suspected of being behind a series of attacks on British troops.

Then two British soldiers, reportedly dressed as Arabs and driving a civilian car, attracted the notice of police at a checkpoint.

According to the Iraqi authorities they refused to stop, instead allegedly firing at the officers, killing one and wounding another. This has not been confirmed by the Ministry of Defence.

After allegedly declining to reveal their mission, the men were arrested and taken to the main Basra police station.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4263648.stm

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ISIS executioner 'Jihadi John' unmasked as Londoner [View all] ND-Dem Feb 2015 OP

He hasn't literally been "unmasked" as far as I can tell. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #1

Remember those two British solders who were caught dressed as Arabs in Basra? arcane1 Feb 2015 #2

yes, and i remember some other jihadi executioners from some other group being british or ND-Dem Feb 2015 #3