Brig. John Lorimer claimed the Basra prison breakout was launched to determine if the undercover soldiers were there or had been “handed over” to “militia elements.” Iraqis told CNN the Brits were in a safe house for their own protection. Makes sense. What has yet to be addressed is why these undercover soldiers engaged in a fire fight with Iraqi police, killing one, when they were stopped for questioning. Or why the Brits were in such a hurry to secure their release. Video link via Justin Raimondo.
Lorimer is right that coalition troops have immunity to Iraqi law under U.N. Security Council resolution 1546, a protection Justice Minister Abdul Hussein Shandal wants to end or amend. He said, “This is a matter of sovereignty.” Good luck with that!
A grab from footage released on September 20, 2005 shows weapons which Iraqi police said were confiscated from two undercover British soldiers after their arrest in Basra, southern Iraq, September 19, 2005.
