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| Iraq |
| Basra Has Fallen |
| 2003-04-07 |
| British paratroopers guarded by tanks and helicopter gunships walked unopposed into the centre of Iraq's second city Basra on Monday and were warmly received in the narrow streets of the old quarter. Walking past the bodies of Iraqi militiamen lying in wasteland on either side of the main road from the south, about 700 British soldiers with automatic weapons entered the city in the early afternoon in single-file columns. Not a shot was fired as men, women and children came out onto the road, some to greet the new occupiers and others to simply stand and stare. [...] "This is more than we could have hoped for. We took part in the raid yesterday and today it's a completely different city," said Major Chris Brannigan of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, manning a tank at an intersection on the main road, Baghdad Street. Didn't anyone send the Brits that "quagmire" memo?? |
| Posted by:growler |
| #2 Saw the people of Basra danceing in the street yesterday,kissing British Marines. What say you now Murat. Of course Murat will probably just ignore the the joy of the Iraqis,and dismiss thier gratitude as American propaganda. "Damn those evil Mericans" |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-04-08 09:10:47 |
| #1 Jolly good! The Brits have put on a 1st rate display. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2003-04-07 17:14:29 |