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2008-06-26 Iraq

British Troops decide to give downtown Basra another go - No soft hats

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-06-26 16:38|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Cool! Maybe the success will breed some optimism back home.

Posted by gorb 2008-06-26 16:49|| 2008-06-26 16:49|| Front Page Top

#2 The British troops can do it. They just need to get the limp dicked policies and superiors out of the way.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-06-26 16:50|| 2008-06-26 16:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Can't have the British and Downtown mentioned without throwing a Petula Clark video in here for ya...

The lights are much brighter there, you can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares and go doooooown town...

(also check out the bootleg live B-52 version from 1978)

Posted by OldSpook 2008-06-26 19:09|| 2008-06-26 19:09|| Front Page Top

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