[1 spark]

The US and British want to come here, take over the city, upturn the government and take us through to a new era. The troops are in the country and fighting there way up here. It creates a very different atmosphere.

Adding to the slip, the renowned journalist misspelled "their".

[ladysusan]

Neither did the editor catch it. He (and they) are pretty shook up - that's how I would read the slip and spelling error.