Summary
So the Black Watch will be home for Christmas. Tony Blair, who retains a little of his populist touch, understands the symbolism of this promise. We will deliver these boys to their families - at least some of them - in time for our most important religious and secular festival.
No similar sensitivity is extended to the traditions of those people who will suffer most from this redeployment of "the Jocks" (why do their officers persist with that patronising term?) I am talking here about the people of Falluja, the city America is determined to crush - just as soon as those Scottish reinforcements get through.See the full content of this document
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Brutalising Fallujans with Tactics Worthy of the Nazis
So, Yuletide killing of the Black Watch, or what is left of them, will not spoil our Christmas. Arab innocents get less consideration during the holy time of Ramadan. Earlier this month, the US bombed a so-called "safe house" in that city, killing eight members of the one family, including a six months pregnant woman whose baby lived for a...
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