KUWAIT, March 25 (Reuters) - British military officials said on Tuesday they had no information on any popular uprising in Iraq's second city of Basra, but added that they would do everything possible to encourage such a revolt.
"We don't know anything about a Basra uprising," said a British military source in Central Command in Qatar.
British television networks have said there are reports of an armed uprising in the city.
A British spokesman in Kuwait said British and U.S. forces wanted the people of Basra to attack soldiers loyal to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
It's unbelievable. I checked some of the other news outlets to see if they were reporting on the uprising -- nothing. They are reporting anything negative you can possibly think of: fierce sandstorms, how the family of accused soldier endured racism, U.S. casualties and POWs, military campaign threatens economy, Sadam's men are brutal, dangers of urban fighting...... and that's just ABC.
Hell, if you could get those Kurds down to Baghdad, we could just sit back and watch them go after the pro-Saddam troops. I'm sure they'd be happy to oblige.