British forces demolish Iraqi jail to free fellow soldiers

[English assassin]

I had first heard it reported that the captives had been released after 'negotiations.'

I'd hate to see what their interrogations are like.

LOL. Doesn't everyone bring a 30mm cannon to the negotiating table? Anyway in the old days it would have been a squadron of battleships.

Anyway, as it now appears the Iraqi interior ministry had orderd the soldiers release, to which the local police could not or would not comply, and the soldiers had been taken from the police and handed over to local militia. So no "Iraqi soveriegnty" rubbish please.

Under the circumstances driving a Warrior through the police station seems quite restrained to me.

If you want to bash the British this resuce isn't the thing to pick on. You should be asking how it is that the militia seem to be in de facto control of the police in Basra.