IRAQ

This is a terrible moment for the families and friends of the three soldiers who have died serving their country and I want to offer my deepest sympathy and condolences.

For the close family of those who have been injured, this will be an extremely worrying and alarming time.  The Black Watch are being exposed to a more hostile environment created at least in part by the heavy handedness of the American forces.

The sooner they are out of it the better. As the preparations for the US assault on Fallujah reach a conclusion I dread to think of the fate which awaits thousands of innocent women and children in that city who will be caught in the crossfire and suffer the consequences of misplaced artillery and bombs. It has all gone horribly wrong.

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