British Massacre in Sierra Leone

[Owen Jones <owen_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Details are sketchy, but in the name of Britain's holy crusade to civilise
Africa once more, at least 17 have been killed in this British massacre in
Sierra Leone. I would not be surprised if the women involved were not
actually fighters but civilians. I expect NATO will be bombing London by the
end of next week to punish us.

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 Sunday September 10 8:22 AM ET
 UK Troops And Leonean Rebels Injured in Attack

 LONDON (Reuters) - British troops and Sierra Leone rebels suffered
casualties on Sunday as British forces attacked a rebel base and freed six
of their soldiers who had been taken hostage, the chief of Britain's defense
staff said.

 ``There have been a few casualties on our side,'' Sir Charles Guthrie told
a news conference. He said there had also been a substantial number of
casualties on the side of the West Side Boys, renegade former Sierra Leone
soldiers who had taken the British soldiers hostage last month.

 ``The West Side boys were not a pushover. They fought very hard. Amongst
them they had women who were fighting and I think some of them may have been
among the casualties,'' Guthrie said.

 The British soldiers who were freed were being medically examined on board
a British ship, he said.

 The West Side Boys seized 11 British soldiers and an officer of the new
Sierra Leone Army on August 25. They subsequently freed five of the
soldiers.