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Uprising By Shiites in Basra Underway; British Pouring Artillery into City
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| 03/25/03
| TonyInOhio
Posted on 03/25/2003 9:14:57 AM PST by 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.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antisaddam; basra; embeddedreport; iraq; roadtobaghdad; shiites; uprising; war; warlist
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To: TonyInOhio
We better make sure we give them all the support they need to win or will never win the trust of the Iraqi people.
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posted on
03/25/2003 9:22:55 AM PST
by
McGruff
(The liberation of IRAQ is underway.)
To: TonyInOhio
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.
To: ken5050
The outcome for the them is the same whether they run to our troops or run to the Shi'ites.
To: Semaphore Heathcliffe
LOL.....you know he's hurting
To: TonyInOhio
I SO hope this is true. Bush/Blair need a PR break, real bad.
65
posted on
03/25/2003 9:23:45 AM PST
by
Greenpees
(Coulda Shoulda Woulda)
To: Interesting Times
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.
66
posted on
03/25/2003 9:24:04 AM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: TonyInOhio
Good Shiite happens sometimes. It sounds like Good Shiite is happening in Bashra.
67
posted on
03/25/2003 9:24:12 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Stamp out Freepathons! Stop being a Freep Loader! Become a monthly donor!)
To: oyez
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.
68
posted on
03/25/2003 9:24:32 AM PST
by
dawn53
To: Illbay
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.
69
posted on
03/25/2003 9:24:32 AM PST
by
Dimensio
To: adamyoshida; neutrino; snopercod; joanie-f; TonyInOhio
Bump.
To: areafiftyone
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.
71
posted on
03/25/2003 9:24:33 AM PST
by
TonyInOhio
(Now begins the Pax Americana)
To: Kimlee
Me too, Iraq is going to recover their freedom!
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posted on
03/25/2003 9:24:50 AM PST
by
dila813
To: TonyInOhio
Very fortified.
Is this the location of the other "rumored" chemical plant?
To: TonyInOhio
The handwriting is on the wall:
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin.
74
posted on
03/25/2003 9:25:07 AM PST
by
sanchmo
To: MadIvan
Way to go.
To: adam_az
"Tom Daschle has been quoted as being "very dissapointed." Naw, it makes him pissapointed.
To: JohnHuang2
Don't underestimate the "100th Monkey" effect...
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posted on
03/25/2003 9:25:27 AM PST
by
ambrose
To: TonyInOhio
"All your Basra are belong to us..."
78
posted on
03/25/2003 9:25:30 AM PST
by
mhking
To: TADSLOS
Yep.
To: TonyInOhio; JohnHuang2; Grampa Dave
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.
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