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To: KonKilo who wrote (86344)3/25/2003 11:13:45 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
The Shiites are doing the opposite, SC. NYT

>>> Basra residents attacked Saddam Hussein's security forces as those troops and other irregular forces loyal to Baghdad used artillery and mortar fire against the crowds, military intelligence officials reported. There was no independent means to confirm those accounts.

In response to rapidly deteriorating conditions in the city, including severe shortages of water and medical supplies, British Army units began a new campaign of commando raids and tank and artillery attacks around the outskirts of Basra as they prepared to seize the largest city in the south still under the control of a hard core of Hussein supporters<<<<

I was delighted to see we finally took out Iraqi TV. About time.



To: KonKilo who wrote (86344)3/25/2003 11:15:45 PM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
I don't think most Iraqis (the people) are defending their homeland right now. That will happen after we take over the country. For now most of the resistance is from Saddam's loyalists who know if the regime is overthrown, even their cats and dogs won't survive. But when Saddam is gone resistance will be futile, especially if US issues an amnesty and promises to protect them, which I am pretty sure US will do.