The Other Rescue - While

The Other Rescue - While the rescue of Army Pfc. Lynch was a moral coup and a tactical showpiece (although the 11 bodies found with her are most probably not good news), there was another rescue in the news yesterday that, in its details, showed every bit as well the evil we're fighting.

Troops of the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (the senior Scottish regiment, and one of two Scots regiments in the Gulf) rescued a pair of Kenyans who had been kidnapped and badly mistreated by the Iraqis. The two men were apparently held in a school for ten days, used as de-facto human shields.

The good news? According to the story quoted by Powerline, the Scots were tipped off to the Kenyans' presence by locals.

Side note: So if the worst fears are true, it's possible that most of the people captured in the ambush of the 507th Maintenance Company are dead. I'm waiting for the first feminist to make a jape at the fact that the only one spared was a cute 19 year old blond. It's inevitable, you know.

Side Side Note: Yes, I was drawn to the story about the Black Watch due to my current interest in Great Highland Bagpipes. Why?