British forces take control of oil pumping stations on Faw peninsula

AFP via Babelfish translation ^ | March 21, 2003

[HAL9000]

The British forces took the control of the stations of pumping of FAO

The British forces took the control of the stations of oil pumping of the peninsula of FAO in the south-east of Iraq, declared Friday an officer British with the American central command (Centcom) in Qatar.

"Des elements of the third Brigade of Royal the Navy unloaded on the peninsula of FAO last night, established a head of bridge and the operations continue as envisaged. We met a light resistance. It there did not have losses on the British side ", declared with the press captain Al Lockwood."Ils (Navy) took control and made safe the equipment of pumping ", it continued, stressing that a voluntary pollution of water of the Gulf thus did not constitute "more one problem".

[Kimlee]

That babelfish sure is painful sometimes :)

[goldstategop]

Saddam can't commit an act of ecoterrorism on the Persian Gulf now. You would think the world's enviro wackos would be happy. :)

[Professional]

I wonder what it would do with "all your base are belong to us"?

[Kimlee]

lol, THAT is one that drives me crazy

[goldstategop]

ABC was running a BBC feed on the British Royal Marines on the Faw Peninsula a few minutes ago...

[Kimlee]

"Saddam can't commit an act of ecoterrorism on the Persian Gulf now. You would think the world's enviro wackos would be happy. :)"

No Kidding! :)

[Professional]

What was going on? Was there a serious battle there? I would think that the Basra area and other parts of the South would have been heavily contested, but really haven't seen any good coverage on it.

[goldstategop]

They secured the Al Faw Peninsula. Shot of a helicopter bringing in a jeep.... So things are well in hand at least for the Brits.