Sadly, but inevitably, it is the task of this website to report on the death of a soldier from Liverpool. Her family come from Norris Green. Kirkby Times reported that it would not be long before a Scouse soldier was killed over there in the badlands of Iraq, a victim of the sick lies of Bush and his lying lapdog Blair. Staff Sergeant Denise Rose, of the Royal Military Police's Special Investigation Branch, was found dead on the 31st October at a military camp in Basra. She is the first British female soldier to die in Iraq in this war and had only been on duty in Iraq since Sept 27th 2004. She had been with the Military police for 15 years since joining in 1988. By all accounts from friends and family she seemed a cheerful, popular and intelligent women, this makes the manner of her death suspicious, as we will see.

Dead from Gunshot wound

The 34-year-old from Liverpool was discovered dead from a gunshot wound at the Army base in the Shatt-al-Arab Hotel.(which has already been shelled previously) The incident is being investigated but the MOD claim that it is "not thought to have been the result of hostile action." Due to the nature of Denise's work, which entails investigating officers and soldiers for very serious abuses of duty, there will need to be questions raised and investigations into what exactly she was investigating at the time of her death.

Working with Iraqi Police?

The MOD stated that "Sgt Rose deployed as a volunteer to Iraq on September 27, operating as part of a small team of specialist investigators to provide security for the people of Iraq and assist in the rebuilding of the country through the provision of a well-trained police force."

If we read between the lines of the above statement it seems to state that Denise was in Iraq operating as part of a small team of specialist investigators with the Iraqi police force. It seems to indicate she was perhaps engaged in different duties to her previous line of work which involved investigating the British Army in Cyprus and the UK and discovering all manner of nasty things going on.

Denise Was Investigating UK Army Abuses.

It is possible Denise was part of the SIB team behind the discoveries of the Deepwater Barracks sexual abuse and bullying. The MOD's initial claim the Deepwater suicides were not linked with abuse, now seem to flounder as we find a Deepwater instructor had raped cadets in his charge. Perhaps Denise helped investigate the Catterick Army Barracks were Labour MP Kevin Mc Namara stated the Army had possibly 'covered up 23 deaths' and once again made the familiar accusation that The MOD operates a "culture of cover-up and secrecy". The Royal Military Police's Special Investigation Branch was investigating Catterick Barracks, and part of Denise's role may well have been to help compile a database of suspicious deaths at Army bases across the UK. Either way, Denise's job was not very pleasant at times, but given the number of suspicious deaths and abuse in the UK Armed Forces, someone certainly needs to do it. Sadly, for now, Denise is herself another victim of suspicious death. We hope for her families' sake that there is a quick conclusion to any investigation.

The MOD's further statement of the circumstances 'not being suspicious' seems to offer the scenario that Denise died through the accidental or deliberate discharge of a firearm. They won't say 'suicide' out loud, but that's what is being inferred. Kirkby Times has no proof one way or the other what has happened, but we will await the lead of the family in this matter and follow it. You can rest assured that they will want to know all the details of what has gone on. It is very rare for anyone committing suicide to do so without giving away clues to friends, colleagues and certainly your family. If she was upset at anything, someone would know.

Her MP Bob Wareing told the Liverpool Echo that "war does have a dreadful effect on people and they can react differently to it".

The greediest MP in the UK, Louise Ellman said: "This is very, very tragic. All our thoughts must be with her bereaved family." Yes Louise, we do think of her family, but our thoughts are also with the new labour party who sent Denise over there to her ultimate death.

After the news broke in Liverpool, the reaction to the news of Denise's death has ranged from feeling sympathy (which we all feel for a fellow Scouser) to the wary suspicious Scousers, who rightly believe nothing the Government or MOD ever say. We questioned right away the death of this young woman, and even housewives in Kirkby Town Centre are wondering if there's more to this than meets the eye.

As seen in other similar cases, we ought to wait until a full and proper inquiry. Parents of the Deepcut Barracks victims, who also suffered fatal gunshot wounds, seem to not trust the MOD 100%. They have good reason not to trust them as another article will detail shortly.

Whatever's happened, Denise Rose is a victim of a war which need never have taken place, and most civilised people would offer condolences to her family and loved ones. Though the average soldier does not like the military police much, most are not nasty about it and they will recognise that every Army needs a special force to police it. We have already had 6 military cops shot dead in Basra. The greed of those who are trying to steal the Iraq Oil will sacrifice many more British soldiers before we realise the games up.

Denise's death brings the number of British service personnel who have died in the Iraq war to 70. 7 of those have been military police. All have been shot, 6 defending themselves against 200 armed Iraqis who'd just seen UK soldiers raiding the neighbourhood and not winning the hearts and minds of locals. This 10% total of losses off the very force which police's and investigates the abuses committed by UK troops, is worrying indeed.