silkeano - The red tops have been doing a good job exposing a lot of the ****e that servicemen and women are having to put up on their tours.
Don't just slag them off in a knee-jerk fashion. The quote at the bottom of the story certainly seems to confirm it (along with nigeglib'ssubsequent reply).
On to the story itself. Utterly pathetic of course, but when they got to Basra, wouldn't they have been issued with some weaponry?