Little Hawk - PM
Date: 09 Nov 05 - 12:28 PM
When Great Bitain was in Iraq in the 20's they put down a rebellion by Iraqis against British colonial occupation (done mostly for the oil). RAF warplanes slaughtered thousands and thousands of Iraqis, machine-gunning and bombing villages and people riding around on camels and horses. Barely a single British life was lost. That was terrorism on a massive basis. The same sort of thing happens now.

Little Hawk - PM
Date: 09 Nov 05 - 03:08 PM

The British colonial effort in Iraq before WWII also failed, despite the fact that the British could kill at least 100 Iraqis for every British soldier lost.

Clear illustration of how poor a reader of history you are Little Hawk. Make up your mind according to your statements above the British either killed thousands and thousands of Iraqi's in the twenties in which case hundreds and hundreds of British lives were lost, or the British didn't kill any Iraqis.

Certainly some were killed in the various uprisings but nowhere near thousands and thousands, thats crap. If you disagree put up some references to back up your statements. Bomber Harris's memoirs cover this period of British History rather well at it certainly does not tally with what you are suggesting.

Another point you mention that is also complete and utter rubbish is reference to Iraq being under "British colonial occupation", just as the current presence of MNF in Iraq today is sanctioned by the UN, the British presence in Iraq during the 1920's was at the request of, and sanctioned by, the League of Nations.