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  • BASRA: ANTI-SADDAM RIOTS (not witnessed by journalist but told about it by British intel)

    03/25/2003 10:41:08 AM PST · by Destro · 36 replies · 331+ views
    sky.com ^ | 18:15 UK, Tuesday March 25, 2003 | skynews
    BASRA: ANTI-SADDAM RIOTS Rioting is taking place in Basra by locals opposed to Saddam Hussein, reports say. Iraqi troops are reported to be firing on the rioters with mortars in an attempt to crush the uprising. British forces are firing back at the Iraqi positions with heavy artillery, reports say. They said they have dropped a bomb on the ruling Ba'ath Party HQ. Two large explosions have been heard in the city centre. Reporter Richard Gaisford, who is with troops just west of Basra, said British intelligence officers there told him about the civil uprising.He said the officers said intelligence...
  • Soldiers don't find a welcome mat in Basra [MY TITLES: Leftie Journalists' Wishful Thinking]

    03/25/2003 10:32:31 AM PST · by Illbay · 12 replies · 199+ views
    Gannett News Service ^ | March 25, 2003 | Greg Barrett
    <p>Six weeks ago, I ate lunch with men employed by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the southern region of Iraq where today Iraqis and coalition soldiers are engaged in heavy firefights.</p> <p>In and around the city of Basra, the notoriously oppressed Shiite Muslims are offering stiff resistance to "Operation Iraqi Freedom" -- a less than convincing euphemism to people there, who were under British rule as recently as 45 years ago.</p>