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"We are his nemesis" Britain has its first hero of this war, Lieutenant Colonel Tim Collins of the Royal Irish Regiment. Collins is heralded not yet for his feats on the battlefield, but for the...
...Take it all in stride...
...The dolphins, or "marine mammal systems," swim alongside Navy boats, using their sonar to locate mines that might cause problems for ships carrying relief supplies into the port of Umm Qasr...
...The time has come to end his reign of terror...
...Be the hunter, not the hunted" Meanwhile, Major General J.N...
...We will put them in their sleeping bags and send them back...
...We will bring shame on neither our uniform nor our nation...
...and threatened the world with weapons of mass destruction...
...You will be embarrassed by their hospitality, even though they have nothing...
...Marine...
...Collins is heralded not yet for his feats on the battlefield, but for the stirring address to his troops, the regiment's 1st Battalion, on March 19, with battle imminent...
...Show them no pity...
...Wipe them out if that is what they choose...
...Demonstrate to the world there is 'No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy' than a U.S...
...Chemical attack, treachery, and use of the innocent as human shields can be expected, as can other unethical tactics...
...Be the hunter, not the hunted: Never allow your unit to be caught with its guard down...
...Collins warns his troops that Saddam may attack them with chemical weapons.] "It is not a question of if...
...Allow them dignity in death...
...It is the site of the Garden of Eden, of the Great Flood and the birthplace of Abraham...
...Mattis of the United States Marine Corps delivered this equally impressive eve-of-battle message to the 1st Marine Division, then in Kuwait: "For decades, Saddam Hussein has tortured, imprisoned, raped, and murdered the Iraqi people...
...Well, we aim to please...
...Iraq is steeped in history...
...There are some who are alive at this moment who will not be alive shortly...
...You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force...
...For the mission's sake, our country's sake, and the sake of the men who carried the Division's colors in past battles—who fought for life and never lost their nerve—carry out your mission and keep your honor clean...
...You will be shunned unless your conduct is of the highest—for your deeds will follow you down through history...
...But if you are ferocious in battle, remember to be magnanimous in victory...
...When I give you the word, together we will cross the Line of Departure, close with those forces that choose to fight, and destroy them...
...Use good judgment and act in the best interests of our nation...
...If someone surrenders to you, then remember they have that right in international law, and ensure that one day they go home to their family...
...Engage your brain before you engage your weapon...
...I know of men who have taken life needlessly in other conflicts...
...As Sarah Oliver of the Mail on Sunday reported that night, Collins was "wearing his kukri, the Gurkha blade he is entitled to carry as a Gurkha commander...
...While we will move swiftly and aggressively against those who resist, we will treat all others with decency, demonstrating chivalry and soldierly compassion for people who have endured a lifetime under Saddam's oppression...
...Don't treat them as refugees, for they are in their own country...
...On your young shoulders rest the hopes of mankind...
...You will see things that no man could pay to see, and you will have to go a long way to find a more decent, generous and upright people than the Iraqis...
...Tread lightly there...
...Our business is now in the north...
...Those who do not wish to go on that journey, we will not send...
...Stephanie Boyles, a wildlife biologist with PETA, says it is "just ridiculous" to spend time "trying to train animals that have lives and minds of their own to try and carry out these tasks for us...
...If you harm the regiment or its history by over-enthusiasm in killing or in cowardice, know it is your family who will suffer...
...invaded neighboring countries without provocation...
...Share your courage with each other as we enter the uncertain terrain north of the Line of Departure...
...We will not fly our flags in their country...
...Their children in years to come will know that the light of liberation in their lives was brought by you...
...They live with the mark of Cain upon them...
...Keep faith in your comrades on your left and right and Marine Air overhead...
...As they die they will know their deeds have brought them to this place...
...Fight with a happy heart and strong spirit...
...As for ourselves, let's bring everyone home and leave Iraq a better place for us having been there...
...No word yet on whether the dolphins have also been trained to balance balls on their noses, a practice PETA also objects to...
...But not everyone likes to see the cute pictures of Ensign Flipper...
...He and his forces will be destroyed by this coalition for what they have done...
...It is a big step to take another human life...
...Boyles says that it is her "great fear" that trainers at the Space and Naval War Systems Center in San Diego are using "negative reinforcement in order to train these animals...
...If there are casualties of war, then remember that when they woke up and got dressed in the morning they did not plan to die this day...
...If we survive the first strike we will survive the attack...
...There will be no time for sorrow...
...The British have not lost their knack for battlefield eloquence: "It is my foremost intention to bring every single one of you out alive, but there may be people among us who will not see the end of this campaign...
...Show respect for them...
...We know that he has already devolved the decision to commanders, and that means he has already taken the decision himself...
...The ones who wish to fight...
...Our fight is not with the Iraqi people, nor is it with members of the Iraqi army who choose to surrender...
...Bury them properly and mark their graves...
...Each dolphin gets about 20 pounds of fish a day...
...Then they surface for fish...
...He spoke to his 800 men, an arm of Britain's 16 Air Assault Brigade, at Fort Blair Mayne, their desert camp just 20 miles from the Iraqi border...
...Boyles complained to CNSNews last week that the dolphins "have not volunteered" for the mission...
...Flipper Goes to War Trained to detect and mark mines, a pod of Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphins have been helping to speed humanitarian shipments to southern Iraq, winning the hearts of readers looking for something a little lighter in wartime news reports...
...There are many regional commanders who have stains on their souls, and they are stoking the fires of hell for Saddam...
...We go to liberate, not to conquer...
...Navy Captain Mike Tillotson told reporters in Iraq that the dolphins are trained to place a marker near any detected mines...
...We are entering Iraq to free a people, and the only flag that will be flown in that ancient land is their own...
...It is not to be done lightly...
...it's a question of when...
...The enemy should be in no doubt that we are his nemesis and that we are bringing about his rightful destruction...
...As for the others, I expect you to rock their world...
...Tillotson's description of the dolphins' activities does not reassure PETA, however...
Vol. 8 • April 2003 • No. 29
