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	British military investigator found hung in Basra
		A senior British military police officer in Iraq, Captain Ken Masters, was found hung in his military accommodation in Basra on October 15.
		In response, the British Army launched a military assault on the facility in which the SAS men were being held, demolishing parts of the building.
		Citing anonymous military personnel, the newspaper continued, “the bombs and the firing devices used to kill the soldiers, as well as two private security guards, were initially created by the UK security services as part of a counter-terrorism strategy at the height of the troubles in the early 1990s.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2005/oct2005/basr-o21.shtml (0 words)

	Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses
		By 1890 there were sixty nursing sisters working in sixteen military hospitals, and by 1898 this had increased to seventy-two.
		The women who enrolled in the service from 1909 were civilian nurses who continued to work in their usual capacity, but had undertaken to be mobilised at short notice in case of war.
		There was particular resistance to the introduction of the grade of Staff Nurse, as it was seen as unacceptable to their members, the most junior of whom had always held the grade of Sister.
	scarletfinders.co.uk /8.html (0 words)

	Cyprus: Riots outside British military base
		Military police took Matsakis, a member of the House Environment Committee, to their station at Episkopi, where he was detained along with a TV journalist.
		Built when Cyprus was still a British colonial possession in the 1950s, shortly after the Suez crisis, the Akrotiri facility formed a strategic part of the West’s nuclear capacity against the Soviet Union.
		The paper blamed British deception for the events, saying London had said Monday that work on the antennae would be suspended, only then to go ahead with it.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2001/jul2001/cyp-j07.shtml (0 words)

	British Military Vehicle Group
		The BMVG is an amalgamation of enthusiasts with the aim to preserve and collect British military vehicles under a cultural and historic aspect and to present these vehicles in public.
		Due to the presence of British military in the west sectors of Berlin and in western Germany these vehicles of the British Army of the Rhine and the Royal Air Force were a strong part of the city- and townscape in the past.
		We have now members all over Germany with primarily British military vehicles of the post war periode.
	www.bmvg-germany.org (0 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| British military fatalities in Iraq
		Three British soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in the southern Iraqi city of Basra and a fourth soldier was also injured.
		Two military personnel were killed when two Puma helicopters crashed in an apparent mid-air collision in a rural area near Taji, north of Baghdad.
		It was the largest single loss of life suffered by the British military in Iraq since operations began in 2003.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/3847051.stm (5846 words)

	British commanders condemn US military tactics - Iraq - www.theage.com.au
		Speaking from his base in southern Iraq, the officer said: "My view and the view of the British chain of command is that the Americans' use of violence is not proportionate and is over-responsive to the threat they are facing.
		The officer explained that, under British military rules of war, British troops would never be given clearance to carry out attacks similar to those being conducted by the US military, in which helicopter gunships have been used on targets in urban areas.
		British rules of engagement only allow troops to open fire when attacked, using the minimum force necessary and only at identified targets.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/04/11/1081621835663.html?from=storyrhs (484 words)

	British Military Critical of US Troops' Heavy-Handed Style with Civilians
		Senior British military officers on the ground are making it clear they are dismayed by the failure of US troops to try to fight the battle for hearts and minds.
		What is striking is the emphasis senior British military figures are placing on the differences between their approach and that of the Americans on the ground.
		British military sources are now concerned that the experience in peacekeeping and unconventional warfare of British troops will mean they will be in Iraq long after the Americans have left, even for years, in policing and humanitarian operations.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines03/0401-04.htm (1231 words)

	British Law Concerning Trials of War Criminals by Military Courts. United Nations War Crimes Commission, 1947.
		That the appointment of Allied members of the Military Courts is not compulsory is strikingly demonstrated by the trial by a British Military Court at Singapore of W/O Tomono Shimio of the Japanese Army.
		The Military Courts are not superior courts and their decisions are therefore not endowed with that special binding authority which Anglo-American law attaches to judicial decisions as precedents.
		Although the findings and sentences of British Military Courts trying war criminals do not lay down rules of law in an authoritative way, they are declaratory of the state of the law and illustrative of actual State practice.
	www.ess.uwe.ac.uk /WCC/british_military_law.htm (2244 words)

	The U.S. Army Professional Writing Collection
		By then, however, the British approach to small wars included observing what were the accepted counterinsurgency principles of military subordination, use of local resources, intelligence gathering, and the separation of insurgents from their local supporters.
		The British Army fought its post-World War II campaigns in the predominantly rural jungle conditions of Malaya, Kenya, Borneo, Guyana, and Dhofar to the desert conditions of Palestine; Muscat and Oman; Radfan; and Kuwait and was successful in small-scale and medium-scale operations.
		Succinctly stated, the British principles for counterinsurgency are minimum force; civil and military cooperation to win support of the population; and decentralization of command and control supported by a regimental system that creates initiative in junior leaders.
	www.army.mil /professionalwriting/volumes/volume3/november_2005/11_05_2.html (4304 words)

	British Troops Raid Iraqi Police Station, British Military Kills 7 During Raid on Iraqi Police Station in Basra - CBS ...
		British officials said that after the first round of raids on Friday, the renegade police may have considered killing their prisoners.
		British and Iraqi forces transferred all 76 prisoners at the police station to another detention facility in downtown Basra, Burbridge said.
		British troops have periodically conducted raids in an effort to root out corruption in the local police force, which has been infiltrated by Shiite militias.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/12/25/ap/world/mainD8M7QRI80.shtml (592 words)

	E-Notes: Succeeding in Phase IV: British Perspectives on the U.S. Effort To Stabilize and Reconstruct Iraq - FPRI
		The consensus British perspective is that the Coalition is losing the war of ideas to the insurgents, who are unencumbered by a public and political reticence to use information as a weapon or by the obstacles that impede the Coalition from rapidly developing and disseminating messages that resonate with target audiences.
		The British need no reminding of the importance of cultural awareness, as many of their earlier failures resulted from a lack of understanding of the communities and countries in which they were operating.
		While the British believe in involving the local population as much as possible in the solutions being developed to stabilize and reconstruct their society, they also recognize that local, regional, and national institutions must be sufficiently mature before complete control is handed back to the local population.
	www.fpri.org /enotes/20060908.military.garfield.britishperspectiveiraq.html (4417 words)

	Zionist Century \| Concepts \| British Rule (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Most historians concur that the British declaration was aimed at furthering British military and strategic interests in the area and, in particular, at extrapolating herself from the Sykes-Picot agreement.
		The major recommendations of the commission were the demand for an immediate statement of British Palestine intentions, a re-examination of immigration policy, the establishment of a scientific inquiry into land usage and potential, (see: Hope-Simpson report) and a clarification of the Zionist Organization's relationship with the Mandate.
		There are others who believe that the British left Palestine due to the Haganah's operation of illegal immigration which became a source of considerable embarrassment to the British government.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/100/concepts/british.html (2484 words)

	BRITISH
		In addition to the two nightly American military trains (to Bremerhaven and to Frankfurt), there also was a daily British military train between Berlin-Charlottenburg Bahnhof and a tri-weekly French Train Militaire between Berlin-Tegel Bahnhof and Strasbourg, France.
		Personnel of the allied military forces and their governments and dependents could ride on any of the trains, but special arrangements were required.
		I started to refuse it, but the British Army officer seated opposite me, and with whom I had been chatting, told me not to worry, to consider it "a treat." I made a mental note that I owe the Queen a lunch the next time I see her.
	home.att.net /~rw.rynerson/british.htm (606 words)

	British Military Records
		Most of the records for the British military are arranged along regimental lines, so the usual starting point is to determine which regiment your ancestor belonged to.
		In this article on British military records, I've been able to cover several collections and their contents, but by no means have I exhausted the list of such records available for research by genealogists and historians.
		Certainly seeking information on military ancestors is not always a bed of roses, but the records available can make the study fascinating, while providing a variety of unexpected rewards for the diligent researcher.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/BritMilRecs.html (3209 words)

	CNN.com - British anger at Iraqi mortar fire - Mar. 31, 2003
		A British military official said Monday Iraqi paramilitary forces were "indiscriminately" firing mortars in the southern city of Basra.
		The pre-dawn operation by the British Marines southeast of Basra occurred as coalition forces sought to eradicate military, paramilitary and ruling Baath Party leadership from the Basra province.
		Basra villagers were providing useful information to the British military, he said, and the Britons were trying to gain more of their confidence.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/03/31/sprj.irq.basra.mortars/index.html (568 words)

	British Troops Mobilizing on the Iranian Border
		British troops, especially if they are located near the Iranian border, are in a position where they are obliged to be mobile if they are expecting future hostilities, especially from a larger Iranian force that can overwhelm the border(s).
		The British military dismissed extensively the widely believed reports in Iraq and the Middle East that British soldiers were forced out by southern insurgents, but this seems to be very doubtful in light of the severe pillaging of the abandoned British base’s property and supplies only hours after the British left the base.
		The British equipment and apparatus were scheduled to be transported elsewhere, but this did not materialize because the base was stripped naked in hours with the British military unable to do anything.
	www.globalresearch.ca /index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20060830&articleId=3097 (3868 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > In Iraq -- British military raids Iraqi police station
		British troops killed seven gunmen in a raid on a renegade police unit in southern Iraq, and a car bomb that exploded next to an open-air market in Baghdad killed nine civilians and wounded 11.
		British troops were fired on as they approached the station and their return fire killed seven gunmen, said Maj. Charlie Burbridge, another British military spokesman.
		British and Iraqi forces transferred all 76 prisoners at the station to another facility in downtown Basra, he said.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/iraq/20061225-0646-iraq.html (820 words)

	Photos of abuse in Iraq shock British - The Boston Globe
		British political and military leaders condemned all acts of abuse and insisted it was not representative of the British military.
		Despite such statements, other politicians voiced concern that the pictures would severely damage the international reputation of the British military and compromise the safety of the estimated British 9,000 soldiers who remain in Iraq.
		According to Caddick-Adams, a rapid, thorough British response to new allegations may help ease the damage the photographs will cause the reputation of the British military.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2005/01/20/photos_of_abuse_in_iraq_shock_british (735 words)

	Civilization.ca - Canada Hall - The British military
		The canal provided a safe route for both civilian and military boats to travel between Upper and Lower Canada, in case the upper St. Lawrence River was ever blocked by the Americans.
		The exhibit entitled The Military Engineer as Land Surveyor highlights the achievements of Samuel Holland, a military surveyor, cartographer, and engineer who surveyed Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton in the l760s.
		Military officers were respected members of the urban elite, and many settled permanently in the colonies following their tour of duty.
	www.civilization.ca /hist/canp1/ca16eng.html (600 words)

	Bases the targets in ricin poison plot theory - smh.com.au
		The officials said they had received intelligence reports showing that British authorities suspected men arrested in a series of raids might have been trying to gain access to the food supply on at least one military base in Britain.
		British officials found traces of the poison, ricin, in a London flat where the first arrests were made in the case.
		Few details of the British investigation have been made public but the possibility that the plotters were planning to poison British troops helps to explain why British authorities have been moving so aggressively on the case in recent weeks.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/01/24/1042911548292.html (599 words)

	LIBERTY! . Teacher's Guide. Factors that Handicapped the British \| PBS
		Discover how the strongest military force in the world was defeated by the comparatively weak, non-professional American soldiers, and compare this surprising defeat to other military conflicts in history.
		At the outreach of fighting between England and the colonists in 1775, the British military was considered the strongest in the world.
		Military etiquette used on European battlefields, as developed by Frederick the Great, had to be modified.
	www.pbs.org /ktca/liberty/tguide_4.html (1652 words)

	CNN.com - British deaths at Basra - Mar. 25, 2003
		The incident occurred "during a period of multiple engagements from enemy forces on the outskirts of Basra," a British military statement said.
		It was the second incident in which British personnel were killed by coalition fire since the war began last week.
		Two British pilots were killed Sunday when a Patriot missile shot down their Tornado GR4 as it returned from a mission over Iraq.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/03/25/sprj.irq.basra.deaths/index.html (333 words)

	Basra Governor Ends Cooperation With British
		The intensification of military operations was announced as the governor of Basra declared the city council had unanimously decided to end co-operation with the British military after Monday's raid to free two SAS soldiers.
		Since the incident, in which a British armoured vehicle knocked down the walls of a police complex - and soldiers came under petrol bomb attack - there have been far fewer overt signs of troops in the city centre.
		British forces in Basra appear to be facing fresh confrontation with Iraqi authorities after announcing that they will step up patrols in the city.
	www.rense.com /general67/coop.htm (860 words)

	British Military Suppressed UFO Info
		The British government tried to cover up one of the country's most famous sightings of an unidentified flying object, a parliamentary watchdog ruled Tuesday.
		The incident is widely regarded as one of the most significant UFO sightings -- the British equivalent of the 1947 incident in which a spacecraft supposedly crashed at Roswell, New Mexico, with aliens aboard.
		Several people had complained to the British parliamentary ombudsman, Ann Abraham, that the Ministry of Defense had refused to divulge full details of the Rendlesham witness accounts.
	www.cosmicparadigm.com /British_Military_Suppressed_UFO_Info.html (504 words)

	USATODAY.com - Al-Jazeera airs purported tape of shot down plane (Site not responding. Last check: )
		David Orwin, a British military spokesman in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, told the Press Association news agency that the crash site was secured by U.S. and British forces, who were investigating.
		British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said nine British air force personnel and one soldier were missing and believed killed in the crash.
		The previous deadliest incident for the British came a few days into the invasion, on March 21, 2003, when eight British troops died with four American crewmembers in the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Kuwait.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2005-01-30-british-plane_x.htm (766 words)

	British Military Terms and Soldier Slang
		It was not unusual for British colonial officers on loan to another regiment to be temporarily classed as a higher rank in that regiment but to paid for the lesser rank of their actual regiment.
		Unmarried British women sent to India each year by their parents during the cool weather to find husbands.
		Although Nordenfelt produced other types of guns, when used in a colonial setting the term usually refers to a multi-barreled machine gun (2 to 10 barrels) operated by a lever which was moved back and forth.
	www.geocities.com /faskew/Colonial/Glossary/British.htm (1031 words)

	British military toll continues to rise \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Three British soldiers have been killed and two seriously injured in ongoing violence in Afghanistan and Iraq today, according to the Ministry of Defence.
		General Dannatt, the new head of the British army, told the Guardian today that soldiers were fighting at the limit of their capacity and could only just cope with the demands placed on them by the government.
		The MoD said today that one British soldier was killed and another seriously injured when a four-wheel drive vehicle drove into a Nato convoy on Jalalabad Road, one of the busiest streets in Kabul.
	www.guardian.co.uk /military/story/0,,1864625,00.html (698 words)

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