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Retiree, 80, Gets Call-Up to Fight Iraq

LONDON (Reuters) - An 80-year-old British retiree has been called up by the Ministry of Defense for possible action in Iraq, the Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.

If he went, it would be the first time Joe Steer had seen active service since the famous World War II battle of El Alamein in Egypt in 1942, the paper said.

The call-up papers came in an official government envelope and ordered Steer to report to a training camp.

"I'm a bit past my prime," the Sun quoted him as saying. "It's too high-tech today. I'm used to rifles and machine guns, not missiles."

A ministry spokesman told the paper the call-up was due to an administrative error.

guarnere · 02-27-2003, 12:53 PM

[quote:c2d1c]"It's too high-tech today. I'm used to rifles and machine guns, not missiles."[/quote:c2d1c]

Amen to that

02-27-2003, 12:57 PM

actually I'm sure that theres a lot of things the WWII vets can teach our new soldiers. we depend on "smart" weapons way too much now.

Bazooka_Joe · 02-27-2003, 01:04 PM

That would of been funny as hell though, seeing an OTD guy on the battlefield! biggrin:

Zoner · 02-27-2003, 01:06 PM

HAW HAW HAW! If he's as good as those OTD guys, the Brits would be in fine shape on the battlefield. Their gnarled, arthritic fingers pulled the trigger on me plenty of times... biggrin:

Zone

Sgt>Stackem · 02-27-2003, 01:15 PM

hehehe

02-27-2003, 01:50 PM

otd in iraq

"saddam sir one of them is sniping our door! we can't even move outside our spawn! what should we do?"

"allah will protect us! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

geRV · 02-27-2003, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strik0r

otd in iraq

"saddam sir one of them is sniping our door! we can't even move outside our spawn! what should we do?"

"allah will protect us! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

LOL biggrin: Allah meaning strik0r with a panzerschrek. biggrin:

Sgt>Stackem · 02-27-2003, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strik0r

otd in iraq

"saddam sir one of them is sniping our door! we can't even move outside our spawn! what should we do?"

"allah will protect us! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

I hope your not implying [OTD] are spawn killers because we are not! Fair play is first and foremost with this group, thats what makes it fun to play on thier server. now if you wanna drop us in Iraq Id bet more Iraqies would fall that [OTD]

Old Reliable · 02-27-2003, 02:02 PM

clicking the moust is different than pulling a trigger and killing someone hake:

geRV · 02-27-2003, 02:03 PM

[quote="Old Reliable":a9123]clicking the moust is different than pulling a trigger and killing someone hake:[/quote:a9123]

[img]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gerald.marley/Owned%20pics/master.jpg[/img]

oOo:

Old Reliable · 02-27-2003, 02:04 PM

nice picture, it kinda looks like you were having a bad day

02-27-2003, 02:05 PM

uhh, whatever you say stackem oOo:

i didn't have to name names and gerard already knew who i was talking about

geRV · 02-27-2003, 02:07 PM

[quote="Old Reliable":af4f0]nice picture, it kinda looks like you were having a bad day[/quote:af4f0]

[img]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gerald.marley/Smilies/bigtard.gif[/img]

Old Reliable · 02-27-2003, 02:11 PM

your paragraphs upon paragraphs of meaningful writing are inspiring me!