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| Brits and Shia Establishment Smash Opponents in Basrah |
| 2004-09-23 |
| From Jihad Unspun More than 100 Iraqi civilians were killed and and over 215 others wounded — many of them seriously — on Friday-Saturday night in al-Basrah in fighting that raged between the British occupation forces and the Resistance. British armored forces and Anglo-American aircraft, including F-16 fighter bombers, took part in the battle against the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia, loyal to Shi'i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr. According to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, the British occupation troops destroyed 40 houses, some of them razed to the ground. At the time his report was posted at 11:55am Saturday morning Mecca time (12:55pm local time) some of the victims of the Anglo-American attacks had still not been removed from under the rubble. Fifty cars were damaged or destroyed in the fighting that raged intensely until 7:00am Saturday morning local time. The local correspondent wrote that British forces in the city were intent of keeping a total lid of secrecy on the bloody fighting and the number of victims, to the point that hospitals in the city refuse to release casualty figures. The correspondent obtained his figures from what he described as "private sources." |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #7 The collaborationist chauvinist parties Funny. Just too funny. |
| Posted by: 2B 2004-09-23 8:29:57 AM |
| #6 The correspondent obtained his figures from what he described as âprivate sources.â Private sources? You mean as in Mapes, Burkett, or Lockhart? These idjits been watching too much CBS. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-09-23 2:59:10 AM |
| #5 Fifty cars were damaged or destroyed in the fighting that raged intensely until 7:00am Saturday morning local time. I smell "auto-dealership opportunity"! |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-09-23 2:27:18 AM |
| #4 chauvinists That's what you get when Agence France-Press ghost writes for JU. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-09-23 1:27:25 AM |
| #3 Far be it from me to dispute the credibility of Jihad Unspun, but the only Basra-related item from last weekend I've found so far is a widely circulated report from the equally reputable Agence France-Press giving a total bodycount of trois. Oh, and from the JI article, ya gotta love this one: Unlike the pro-American SCIRI... Finally, what the hell's the deal with "chauvinist"? "Collaborationist chauvinists" this and "Conservative chauvinists" that. Is this a Sunni vs. Shi'a thing? |
| Posted by: The Caucasus Nerd 2004-09-23 1:11:39 AM |
| #2 Sistani's the key to Iraq's future. Need him to be totally with us. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-09-23 12:18:05 AM |
| #1 The aim apparently is to try to get the populace of the city to call for the expulsion of the Jaysh al-Mahdi from the city â a move that would allow the chauvinist collaborationist Shiâi clerics a free hand in the second largest city of Iraq. They're actually doing this?! If so, then GO, SISTANI, GO! |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-09-23 12:15:17 AM |