Mad Mike Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 Brits are helping with artillery support and massing to go in and help. Best news in days!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 I just heard the same thing on WTOP. The Brits are really leaning on them now. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagsbch Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 EXCELLENT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2885713.stm UK troops 'back Basra uprising' British troops are firing in support of what they believe is a civilian uprising in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, it is reported. Artillery fire was being used to knock out loyalist Iraqi mortar positions which were attacking civilians, ITV news reported, quoting intelligence officers with the Scots Dragoon Guards. The size of the insurrection is currently unknown, said GMTV reporter Richard Gaisford. Loud explosions have been heard coming from the city. There has been confusion over whether many civilians in Basra and the Shia south welcome the arrival of coalition forces or still fear pro-Saddam troops and agents. British forces spokesman Colonel Chris Vernon said there were estimated to be about 1,000 Fedayeen irregulars in the city, with Iraqi regular army strength unknown. UK troops had indicated they were changing their tactics as they preyed on Iraqi forces in the southern city of Basra. The city has been designated a "military objective" after fierce resistance from Iraqi irregulars. The move came after Britain's second soldier to be lost in combat - from the 1st Battalion The Black Watch - was killed in nearby al-Zubayr on Monday night. British troops were carrying out "surgical" raids on political and military targets, while taking every opportunity to pounce on Iraqi armour on the fringes of the city. But sandstorms - which have spread across much of Iraq - hampered many operations as flying helicopters becomes dangerous and tank sight visibility drops. In Basra on Monday night, lightning raids on two Baath party offices saw one official captured in a move to "delink the oppressive structure from the people", said British forces spokesman in Kuwait Colonel Chris Vernon. The new tactics aimed at prising the city - with a population of 1.5 million - from the grip of the Iraqi regime come as a humanitarian crisis looms, Colonel Vernon said. About 100,000 children could be at risk of disease after the water supply to the city was disrupted, according to a UN spokesman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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