1912 GMT -- Allied forces reportedly on the outskirts of Basra now. Includes two battle groups of Britain's 7th Armoured Brigade. [Stratfor]
Now we'll see how the Iraqi resistance goes. If Basra falls easily, that will be a good sign.
U.S., U.K. forces on the outskirts of Basra
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Hi there! Thanks for stopping in. I'm Christopher Allbritton, former AP and New York Daily News reporter. In 2002, I went stumbling around Iraqi Kurdistan, the northern part of Iraq outside Saddam's direct control, looking for stories. (Some might call it "looking for trouble.") In March 2003, I made it back in time for the war, becoming the Web's first fully reader-funded journalist-blogger. With the support of thousands of readers, we raised almost $15,000. You can read my dispatches here. It was one of the moments in journalism when everything worked. It was a grand -- and successful -- experiment in independent journalism. In 2004, I moved to Iraq, where I would spend the next two years. It was a raucous, scary and exciting place with a lot of news going on. But I've since moved on to Beirut and the wider region. I now report for a variety of outlets.
TO WHOM WILL BE THIS WAR A GOOD SIGN?
WILL AMERICAN STOP THIS WAR IF BASRA FALLS EASELY?….I DOUBT!
I NEVER THOUGHT AMERICAN COULD BE SO CRUEL!!!
IF SADDAM IS A DICTATOR WHAT SHALL WE SAY ABOUT BUSH?
I’M ANGRY AND SAD ABOUT THIS SITUATION. ALL OVER THE WORLD PEOPLE ARE DEMOSTRATING AGAINST THIS WAR…BUT BUSH CONTINUE HIS WAR…AND PROUND.
NO SENSE FOR THIS WAR ANYWAY!
Where is the ONU now?… we must do something to stop this massacre. I’m Chilean and I’m angry and sad for all this stupid war… I really hate the imperialistic USA government, someone in this world must do something to stop them. I belive in the right of each country to live peacefully and with dignity… So, I really hate this attack to a poor country, all this only for the fu* oil.
God protects the innocent.
Andrés Díaz.
Nicole, It will be good is Basra falls quickly because that means the military campaign will most like go quickly and the damage to buildings and civilian casualties will be light. If the fighting is fierce, and Basra dose not fall easily, then more civilians will be injured and buildings and infrastructure will be damaged.
You are right that there is no sense to George Bush’s war, but now that it is begun all we can really hope for it is a swift resolution and little loss of life.
There was nothing anybody could have done to stop this illegal war, and as an American I offer my appologies to the world for the way our manical resident of the White House is acting.
This war never should have happened.
Klaatu