Unverified

[firstsgtmike]

I didn't verify this when I found it in a newsletter, but it sounds plausable.


"Terrified Iraqi soldiers have crossed the Kuwait border and tried
to surrender to British forces - because they thought the war
had already started. The motley band of a dozen troops waved the white flag as British paratroopers tested their weapons during a routine exercise. The stunned Paras from 16 Air Assault Brigade were forced to tell the Iraqis they were not firing at them,
and ordered them back to their home country telling them it was
too early to surrender. The drama unfolded last Monday as the
Para battalion tested mortars and artillery weapons to make sure
they were working properly. The Iraqis found a way across the
fortified border, which is sealed off with barbed-wire fencing,
watchtowers and huge trenches." --Sunday Mirror (UK)

[wrbones]

Saw it on one of the news websites the other day. It's legit.

Some additional info has surfaced about Iraqi officers making plans for surrendering, but I haven't verified that yet.

[Rob Parry]

It's true chaps, how many do you want, we've got thousands already here as illegal aliens, and asylum seekers! Doh!
The news piece is legit, or gen (genuine) as we say.

[Sticky blue]

I think f/sgt refers to the 17 that surrendered to the Parachute regiment... 3 days before the offensive started! Smart move if you ask me. Surrender or look down the barrel of the biggest assembled military force for years; M16, SA80, tanks, cruise missiles... surrender or fight, surrender or fight? Decisions, decisions!

"Hands up lads, white flag out... let's let Saddam sort these out himself"