I think the name was "Riley", and it is a good thing that they were all safe and sound.

I guess that, just as Saddam succumbed to threats as regards use of WMD, it also worked for POW safety!

I guess too that the same is expected to work on Syria now too. After all, it is now clearly evident just what will happen if some other country chooses to act independently of the U.S. Invent a pretext, start a war, depose the leadership and set yourself up with puppets. Strange that Syria would be next, given their distinct lack of oil or anything else valuable to the U.S. Probably just success going to people's heads.

cheers

>All
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>Good to see the release in good health of the engineers who were ambushed early in the war.
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>FWIW, one of them was called "Lynch", he is actually a New Zealander with dual citizenship rights, just like me. His parents in the US are delighted to have him back and I'm sure his relatives here are equally pleased.
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>I'm very glad to see they were not beaten up as happened with airmen in the Kuwait war- some will remember "Flight Lieutenant Peters" who was so battered after capture by villagers that he could hardly speak or hold up his head.
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>Regards
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>JR