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| Iraq |
| British military base in Basra attacked |
| 2008-01-05 |
| (KUNA) -- Basra Airport, used as a military base by the British forces stationed in southern Iraq, came under missile attack by unknown militants late Thursday. In a statement on Friday , a spokesman for the British forces in the area said unknown militants attacked the military base at the airport late last night, but no human or material losses were sustained. This is the first attack against British troops in Iraq since the beginning of this year. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Next the British can retreat to England and be attacked by al Qaeda's Pakistani locals. Nowhere to retreat after that except into slavery. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-01-05 06:28 |
| #2 The Arab way of war is to carry out probing attacks---if there's no overwhelming response, the attacks increase in both intensity & frequency. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-01-05 03:21 |
| #1 Second order effect, bunker mentality. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-01-05 02:52 |