{"article":{"id":39090,"heading":"Of The 45,000 British Troops Fighting Israel's Proxy War, 15 Are Jewish","author":"Glenn","created":"2003-03-24 00:23:05","modified":"2003-03-24 06:20:20","last_modified":"Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:20:20","article":"

U.K. lets Jewish soldiers in Gulf erase religion from

dog-tags

By , Haaretz Correspondent

LONDON - The British Army has allowed its Jewish soldiers involved in the war in Iraq

to erase mention of their religion on their dog-tags, fearing they would be executed if they

were captured. There are some 15 Jewish soldiers among the 45,000 British fighters

currently in action in the U.S.-led campaign.

The British Ministry of Defense made the decision following concerns expressed by

Jewish community leaders in Britain. The ministry added that kosher rations had been

provided to those Jewish soldiers who requested them.

During the 1991 Gulf War, the Iraqis would beat and parade prisoners in front of the

television cameras, and the British military fears that Jewish prisoners would come in for

a worse fate.

The British dog-tags list the soldier's name, rank, identity number and religion, with the

latter intended to facilitate proper burial in the event that the body of the soldier cannot be

brought home.

On Friday, Britain's chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, published a special prayer for the safety

of the soldiers in Iraq. The prayer was to be recited in all synagogues over the Sabbath.

http:\/\/www.haaretzdaily.com\/hasen\/objects\/pages\/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=275621<\/a><\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"For any Anti Semites who think that this war is really a proxy war for Israel, started by Bush's Lukid advisors Wolfowitz and Perle, It should give pause to know that Jewish soldiers are helping to fight it. Of the 45,000 British troops invading Iraq, 15 are Jewish.","numcomment":3,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/03\/39090.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":39210,"heading":".5% of 45,000 is 225, NOT 15","article":"Let me get that right. \r\n\r\nJews comprise .5% of the British population (consevative number as many British Jews don't want to be "labeled" as such) \r\n\r\n.5% of 45,000 is 225. \r\n\r\nAnd there are ONLY 15 serving in the military???\r\n\r\n","author":"Cliff","parent_id":39090,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-24 05:25:17","modified":"2003-03-24 05:25:17","fileurl":""},{"id":39228,"heading":"My 2 cents","article":"But there are many who stand with the jews for every time a bus is blown up down in that god forsaken place.\r\n\r\nFuck the palis. Israel owns the land legitimatly through the 1967 war and thats all there is to it. What we need is less people to care. (and no aid to both sides)","author":"Fuck the Palis","parent_id":39090,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-24 05:54:29","modified":"2003-03-24 05:54:29","fileurl":""},{"id":39235,"heading":"The New X","article":"reagan\/US government gave saddam WMD. even after he used them on kurds in halabja 1988, the US government continued to supply him with WMD.\r\n\r\nnow they call him a tyrant\r\n\r\nfucking hypocrites\r\n\r\nfucking dumb americans","author":"The New X","parent_id":39090,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-24 06:20:20","modified":"2003-03-24 06:20:20","fileurl":""}]}