3 British Mercenaries killed in Iiraq

Today's main posting is here as the title suggests it deals with the death of three British mercenaries reported killed in Iraq. This posting covers some technicalaspects of the bombing that caused their deaths. The bombing was at Al-Suwaira (a town south of Baghdad). According to the local police they were killed when when a tire of the car they were in exploded. Take a look at the photo. Take a second look maybe this composite with helpful added pointer will help: I gather they've now retracted that claim. I'm going to pretend I believe it was made in good faith and not by a group of men terrified that they'd be blamed, terrified for their lives, and casting about desperately for a plausible lie. The awful thing is they're going to be blamed anyway. The even more awful thing is that in that town they do actually try against insuperable odds to do their job and now they're between the proverbial rock and hard place. God have pity on them nobody else will. markfromireland PS: Happy third anniversary of a heckuva a job getting the mission accomplished. Heckuva a job. mfi