Britain Quietly Honors U.S. Military, Contractors

From The Independent:

Releasing the information in a parliamentary answer, the Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, said: "Awards to citizens where Her Majesty the Queen is not head of state are not formally announced." The Government last night denied claims that it had made a secret of the honours, but a Foreign Office spokeswoman accepted they might not have been "pro-actively" publicised at the request of the recipients.

So the "recipients" did not want publicity. Wonder why? What are they hiding?

Are they ashamed of what they have done to Iraq?

Nah, that can't be it. Those guys have no shame.