BBC: Firefight breaks out in Nasiriya, apparently between rival Iraqi groups. More soon.

BBC TV news ^ | 4/9/03 | BBC

[Smogger]

Nothing on their website yet. This is on the bottom of the screen.

[Smogger]

I don't wanna see our boys getting shot up in some ethnic fighting. One of my biggest concerns. The country is starting to unravel now.

[dfwgator]

This needs to be nipped in the bud.

[Im Your Huckleberry]

Nah...I say we pull out and let 'em go at it. Few hundred less Islamokazis to worry about after...

Let 'em get it out of their system, then go in and subjegate those left standing.

[Numbers Guy]

Firefight breaks out in the centre of Nasiriya - it is believed the fighting is between Iraqi groups, possibly between Fedayeen members faithful to Saddam Hussein and people opposed to him.

This is the people rising up against their oppressors. Yes, it can cause difficulties, but it's to be expected.

[shadowman99]

One of the reasons we will need to stick around for a while is to keep Iraq from becoming Afganistan - a country of anarchy with tribal wars and warlords. That gave birth to the Taliban. Nobody wants to see Iraq fall to militant islam.

[MeekOneGOP]

bttt

[dfwgator]

Must be the People's Front of Iraq fighting the Iraqi People's Front.

[theDentist]

Here's the little nipper right now...

[ErnBatavia]

Au Contraire! (oops - used French....uggh) - This sounds like just what we want - uprising, offing-of-Fedayeen.

[Numbers Guy]

Must be the People's Front of Iraq fighting the Iraqi People's Front.

SPLINTER!!!!

[dfwgator]

No, that's the Popular Front.

[Southack]

< SARCASM ON>

... After determining that 600,000 Iraqi soldiers shooting at 100,000 Americans resulted in fewer than 100 kills, some Iraqis have now decided that shooting at each other is safer than waiting around for the Americans to destroy them.

< /SARCASM >

[Captain Kirk]

Err...um...I thought that the Karzai government was a success.

[jae471]

I think he was refering to Afghanistan prior to Enduring Freedom, although there's still ALOT of cleaning up to do over there.

[BurbankKarl]

I was watching some report last night, with an Arab speaking 101st Airborne member speaking with residents. He remarked how the local Iraqis were told that the American soliders would kill the men, rape the women, enslave the children, etc. He then went on to say that after the initial shock of seeing US Troops with M-16s wore off, and that we weren't like that, the locals stated that nearly everyone on that street had lost a family member or extended family member to violence from the Baath party. So, you can see where some of this in-fighting is coming from, and what motivations are behind it.

[Centurion2000]

Must be the People's Front of Iraq fighting the Iraqi People's Front.

Send in Private Brian.

[vigilante2]

problem is the elites have been hiding behind the women and children this whole time forcing civilians to fight for them..many of the thugs have probably survived and are now regrouping..we should just blast anybody who gets out of hand!

[Argus]

Right. The Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation sees Saddam's Gestapo and the Iraqi people rising up to attack them as just "two different factions". It would be funny if it weren't so repulsive.

[aristeides]

Considering its location, I imagine the population of Nasiriyah is predominantly Shiite. I suspect this is a rebellion of Shiites against the Ba'athists.

[michigander]

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1805: Firefight breaks out in the centre of Nasiriya - it is believed the fighting is between Iraqi groups, possibly between Fedayeen members faithful to Saddam Hussein and people opposed to him.