Uprising By Shiites in Basra Underway; British Pouring Artillery into City

Sky News Live Feed ^ | 03/25/03 | TonyInOhio

[McGruff]

We better make sure we give them all the support they need to win or will never win the trust of the Iraqi people.

[Billthedrill]

The Iranians are in this now, and they aren't going to help the guy who killed 300,000 of their people. There will be a problem in the post-war Iraq, keeping the current occupants of that city from turning it over to Tehran, but that is for another day.

[mabelkitty]

The outcome for the them is the same whether they run to our troops or run to the Shi'ites.

[SouthernFreebird]

LOL.....you know he's hurting

[Greenpees]

I SO hope this is true. Bush/Blair need a PR break, real bad.

[Dog Gone]

Also, nothing will shut the leftists up quicker than scenes of the Iraqi people rising up against their oppressors.

I like the sentiment, but nothing ever will shut the leftists up.

[Grampa Dave]

Good Shiite happens sometimes. It sounds like Good Shiite is happening in Bashra.

[dawn53]

From what I've read, we held the airport, but the allied forces were not entering the city.

Guess now we know why.

Saddam's men were mixed in with the civilians waiting for urban warfare.

Alot easier for the Shi'ites to determine who the bad guys are than for us.

[Dimensio]

As I understand it, the two major Muslim groups are the Shi'ites and the Sunni, and the Sunni are the more "liberal" and less anti-western and as such less likely to turn on us after the military action (mind you, I don't claim to have any expert knowledge so I could be all wrong on this). In any case, any assistance against Saddam is helpful at this moment, and time will tell how the Shi'ites act toward us after this is over.

[First_Salute]

Bump.

[TonyInOhio]

Attempting to "delink" regular and irregular forces and Baath Party loyalists from the population.

Counterattack by Iraqi forces in Basra destroyed by close-air support, approximately 20 tanks destroyed.

[dila813]

Me too, Iraq is going to recover their freedom!

[mabelkitty]

Very fortified.

Is this the location of the other "rumored" chemical plant?

[sanchmo]

The handwriting is on the wall:
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin.

[30-06 Springfield]

Way to go.

[Enterprise]

"Tom Daschle has been quoted as being "very dissapointed."

Naw, it makes him pissapointed.

[ambrose]

Don't underestimate the "100th Monkey" effect...

[mhking]

"All your Basra are belong to us..."

[First_Salute]

Yep.

[Jeff Head]

This is EXACTLY how our forces need to handle the urban issues in the Shiite south. Let them take care of their own laundry, and support them to the max as they carry it out.

If they do well and exterminate the fascists Saddamites amongst them, and if we give unwaivering support .... then it will spread to other cities and locals in the north and south as well.