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| Iraq |
| Basra: Brits still duking it out with bad guys |
| 2003-04-02 |
| Iraq managed early Wednesday to draw aggressive British forces out of certain parts of Shia dominant city of Basra. IRNA correspondents in western border city of Shalamcheh say British forces attempted to move into Basra, the second major Iraqi city, both on western and southwestern fronts early Wednesday. Basra has reportedly been passing toughest days over the past few days for resisting British aggressive forces. The US war planes are said to have been dropping bombs or launching missiles on positions of the Iraqi forces to clear the way for their British mates in the operations. British forces wait expedition of fresh reservists into the region to start yet stronger and more decisive operations against Iraqis on the hope to capture Basra. Tanumeh township south of Basra has over the past 14 days been captured or lost by the enemy and is prone to collapse. Fierce battle goes on in two major parts of Basra, namely Tanumeh and Abulkhasib. Iraqi forces claim to have inflicted heavy casualties on the aggressive coalition on Tuesday. Iraqis say they killed 500 British forces in Basra on Tuesday, inflicting heavy damage on them. Somehow I doubt the accuracy of that 500 killed figure... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |