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The competition is over.
British forces have denied rumours that they released a plague of ferocious badgers into the Iraqi city of Basra.
Update: Somebody smacked some sense into me and told me I should add some of the quotes. It must be a great job when you get to say this sentence seriously.
UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer said: “We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area.”
And I enjoy the description of the badgers as well.
“My husband hurried to shoot it but it was as swift as a deer,” she said. “It is the size of a dog but his head is like a monkey,” she told AFP.
British blamed for Basra badgers [BBC]
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