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Thread ID: 5737 | Posts: 5 | Started: 2003-03-22
2003-03-22 23:40 | User Profile
Anyone got a credible source for the Jewish population as a percentage of the overall UK population?
From Ha'aretz, available online at: [url=http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=275621&contrassID=1&subContrassID=8&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y]http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/Sh...sID=0&listSrc=Y[/url]
U.K. lets Jewish soldiers in Gulf erase religion from dog-tags
By Sharon Sadeh, Haaretz Correspondent March 22, 2003
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.
2003-03-23 02:09 | User Profile
> Anyone got a credible source for the Jewish population as a percentage of the overall UK population?* *
[url=http://www.jewish.co.uk/pr1.php3]http://www.jewish.co.uk/pr1.php3[/url]
The above site states that the UK Jewish population is approximately 300,000, which sounds like a whopping undercount considering their enormous political, financial, schlock culture influence.
U.K. population is approximately 60.000,000, which puts them at a very suspect 0.5% of the total. 15 is 0.0333333% of 45,000. They are therefore UNDERrepresented by only 0.0016667%. Or, put another way, their numbers in Iraq are almost too exactly representative. :rolleyes:
Disclaimer: Math not being my long suit under any circumstances, those reading this are urged to figure it out for themselves.
2003-03-23 04:39 | User Profile
**Disclaimer: Math not being my long suit under any circumstances, those reading this are urged to figure it out for themselves. **
Hmmm...it just doesn't seem correct that they'd be exactly represented in their own war, especially not when it's being waged by their client states... If we take 300,000 Jews and 60,000,000 as the UK population, then there should be 225 Jews among the UK troops for there to be an exact 100% representation of them. So, the percentage change when 225 drops to a lowly 15 is 93.33%....a 93.33% under-represenation... It's okay, Moishe! Your strangle-hold on Western media more than makes up for your absence in the army forces :lol:
2003-03-24 18:48 | User Profile
Another way to understand the numbers is that 'fellow' Britons are serving in danger and undertaking the ousting of Saddam Hussein at a rate 15 times greater than Jews who state they are Britons first. This has been the historical case. If Polichinello will not show up, will somebody please inform him that he has much damage control at hand. His coming will require his lying and mendacity at all time levels. We will see how accomplished he is.
2003-04-01 04:45 | User Profile
[color=purple]There are some 15 Jewish soldiers among the 45,000 British fighters currently in action in the U.S.-led campaign.[/color]
Combine them with the Jews in OUR Armed Forces and you just manage to crack the 1,500 barrier. There are as many Jews evangelizing for the Iraq War on cable tv news shows, and twice that number manufacturing miniature American flags and Saddam-in-the-crosshairs t-shirts.