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

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

[TonyInOhio]

Just monitored on Sky News: embedded reporter says Shiites in Basra have begun, in his words, a "popular uprising" against the Saddam forces still in the city. British Army units are "pouring" artillery into the city (likely isolated areas) preparing to move in.

[Dog]

WarSlut had to report on the death of a top Ba'ath Prty hack....

Reuters and AP confrim the death....

Her and Paula are not very happy..

[Grampa Dave]

Calm down Paula. All of that will come!:)

[mabelkitty]

Not by a long shot.

[concerned about politics]

local people had indicated they would welcome the Allied forces but were in fear of Saddam loyalists.

I would believe that's the position of most of Iraq.

[John H K]

They don't want to do anything that would tend to prop up an Arab state right next door to them. Iranians are Persian; ethnicity counts for a LOT.

Blood is thicker than religion in this instance; plenty of Iraqi Shias fought hard (including Shia generals) against the Iranians in the Iran-Iraq War.

Arabs and Persians really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really dislike each other, which is amusing because Americans often confuse Iranians with Arabs. And to an Arab or Persian, you can tell one from the other simply by appearance easily, even though we can't.

[Travis McGee]

We need to stand back and let the Iraqis wipe out the Baathist thugs and gangsters. We will do nobody a favor by going soft on them, they will be a viper under our shirt as long as they live. Let the Iraqis finish them off, many thousands need the Mussolini end treatment.

[Porterville]

Ah, the War Slut, skanky hairy beast, she longs to be dominated by a Nazi type regime; She does her best to keep the rest of Muslim women under opressive dictators, I'll give her that.

[Dog]

MSNBC now picking up the story....

[Walkin Man]

Yeah! We should treat this fascist slime like they treated our POW's a few days ago!

[TonyInOhio]

per cnn... says that there are 8,000 irregular saddam forces in there

Full 'o crap, as usual. British Colonel said 1000 irregulars in the city.

Reporter with the Desert Rats hears more artillery and bombing underway.

[SierraWasp]

"I would believe that fat liar the Iraqis trot on tv before I believed anything the NY Slimes said about this war."

Ooooo!!! That's so harsh, insensitive and unfeeling of you, you mean ol grampa!!!

Don'tchew know the all-seeing, all-knowing NY Slimes is only trying to direct this great cuntry into the proper French Fried decorum???

They don't wantchew ta know that we just turned the "elite republican guard" uv Iracked into "TRENCH FRIES!" They don't wantcha ta know they're yellin "OH SHIITE!" in their editorial boardroom at this very moment, right?

You GO, GRAMPA!!!

[Grampa Dave]

No I don't any info. Do a search and see what comes up.

[spectre]

" Do you hear the people sing Lost in the valley of the night? It is the music of a people Who are climbing to the light.

For the wretched of the earth There is a flame that never dies. Even the darkest night will end And the sun will rise.

They will live again in freedom In the garden of the Lord. They will walk behind the plough-share, They will put away the sword. The chain will be broken And all men will have their reward.

Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me?

Somewhere beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see?

Do you hear the people sing? Say, do you hear the distant drums?

It is the future that they bring When tomorrow comes!

Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me?

Somewhere beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see?

Do you hear the people sing? Say, do you hear the distant drums?

It is the future that they bring When tomorrow comes... Tomorrow comes!

sw

[arasina]

Good Shiite happens sometimes.

Yes, good Shiite like a blood Baath in Basrah! One of the Baath party officials was captured by the U.K.!

[CELTICGAEL (Celt)]

Thank God cnn as usual is wrong! Thanks for the info.

[Dog Gone]

Are we allowed to curse in posts, or no?

No, dammit. Follow the rules.

[rocky88]

"Think about this: If Iraq wanted to demoralize the US by beaming subversive propaganda disguised as legitimate cable news into the country, how different would it look from CNN?

The point is that CNN has been trying so hard to be what it considers objective, it's become unmoored from reality and has effectively assumed an anti-US position."

Did you catch the story the other day about the L.A. protestors attempting to storm the CNN HQ there? We laughed, thinking - and how would that change the programming? Stupid protestors!

[Dog]

One of the Baath party officials was captured by the U.K.!

Who reported this??

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Pentagon reporters are behind the Basra story ...

Airstrikes may have stunned Iraqis but did not force quick collapse -AP Breaking News
ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
(03-25) 10:01 PST (AP) -- AH: An AP News Analysis WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly a week into the war, the U.S. "shock and awe" air campaign against the pillars of Saddam Hussein's power has yet to achieve its broader aim: an early capitu...[snip]

[Fractal Trader]

what network can I use to find the official comments of the British Army? Australians? United States of America? Drat these sandstorms! is an "embedded" source an "official source"? Show me the graves and the bodies, please. I need something less "spiritual" than this "referenced" source. I wonder what they say on the radio? Is there static, perhaps? I thought we were in the age of "digital" communications where you can always here the sound of a pen drop : )