History Forum / General / British History / May 2004

Does anyone know anything about NUM ties with the Soviet Union and Russian
support to the strikers in any form?

Marines and Mercenaries Torture and sexually abuse Iraqi Prisoners
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The precursor;
I saw pictures purporting to show evidence of torture and humiliation of

My name is Nico Vasseur and I am a Cdr in the RNLN. I am studying Military
history at the university of Amsterdam. I am writing a paper on the
amphibuous operations at Gallipoli in the first world war. I am looking for
a document from the UK  it is the manual of combined Naval and ...

Yes, you have it right.  _Caeteris paribus_, crossbows have greater
range than longbows.
_Au contraire_, you seem to have bollixed what Colonel Burne writes.
Look at your second paragraph below -- it's gibberish.

I'm working on a project on the history of gambling in regency and
Victorian England and wondering if anyone can tell me where I might be
able to find floor plans for any of the gambling clubs like Crockfords
and or social clubs where a lot of gambling took play such as White's

Yes, Great Britain is just a slave island of the French and all people
there are the slave workers of the French.
The French are your masters, they are your gods.
Vive la France !

Common practice to treat our German and Japanese prisoners of war in the
same way as the Allies appear to have been treating some Iraqis? Did we
simply use robust interrogation techniques or were there instances of
outright torture? Was anyone ever charged with these war crimes from ...

Just been watching a documentary about D-day and in particular the various
devices known as Hobarts Funnies.
Prior to D-day Percy Hobart invented several devices designed to aid forces
landing on beaches under heavy fire. The best known is probably the Crab or

Oh well, through pure ignorance or indifference (you choose!) we had a grand
entry of 2 this time.
And both scored 2!
So, if you're interested at all ...........

You may have heard Morrissey's latest song. It goes like this:
Irish Blood, English Heart
Irish blood, English heart, This I'm made of
There is no one on earth I'm afraid of

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1. Establishment (The Firmament)

Cromwell seems over-represented in British Music.
You may have heard Morrissey's latest song. It goes like this:
Irish blood, English heart, This I'm made of
There is no one on earth I'm afraid of

"ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY"
"Sometimes, a War Saves People
We must be willing to bring the fight to those who would do evil."
BY JOSE RAMOS-HORTA

Does anyone know what would describe or define a "Movement".
In particular I'm looking at the so-called tenants movement in the UK and
trying to figure out how or when it could have been considered there is a
tenants movement. TIA.

In alt.history.british hippo <hippo@southsudan.net> wrote: