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| Iraq |
| Noose around Basra tightened |
| 2003-04-05 |
| British troops tightened the noose around Basra, Iraq's second biggest city, through capturing townships near it. According to an IRNA correspondent in Shalamcheh border strip, following heavy clashes, British forces captured Tanoumeh, Abul-Khasiband Al-Zubair townships. He said heavy fighting is still continuing in Basra front and quoted unconfirmed sources as saying that the UK soldiers entered parts of the city after they broke the Basra defense line. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |