the video footage looks horrendous and i only hope that the guys in the tank survived the mob attack.
It perhaps seems that they were afraid/wary to use force to stop themselves being attacked and ultimately injured.
I just wonder how much damage the recent trials of soldiers who have been accused of using too much force, (and then leading to murder charges) has played on their minds...
The guys on the ground are doing a stressful job, and it seems basra is getting worse now, more than ever before. good luck fellas.
On another point, if the local authorities arent working hand in hand with our troops when it comes to policing then we have to question our role. It is their country, and the iraqi police seem to have been involved in arresting the two guys..... and somewhere along the line the troops were sent in to get them back out. All of this happening near the police station itself, so where were the police, and where was the backup for the troops???