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To: maceng2 who wrote (90713)	4/6/2003 8:16:49 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

British Enter Basra to Cheers....Commanders said they were partly spurred by the three-hour foray by American troops into Baghdad on Saturday. I guess the TV coverage the 3rd ID got in Baghdad made the Brits stop the "Brew up" and get on with it, Pearly. :>) nytimes.com

To: maceng2 who wrote (90713)	4/7/2003 7:13:20 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Here is a Brit that shares your feelings for BBC. >>EMAIL OF THE DAY: "What a hysterical notion. The British public 'own' the BBC. We have no control over what they broadcast. We cannot watch any other channel without having first paid them their state-agreed and legally enforced dues. The fact that the collection of this is at arms-length from the state does not disguise the fact that they only exist (and expand) because every house, flat and student digs that wishes to receive ANY TV broadcast has to pay the BBC a hefty bounty first AT THE BEHEST OF THE STATE. And, to make matters worse, the whole of British broadcasting is hamstrung by ?impartiality? rules that prevent the likes of SKY News and other independents from saying what they really should (want to be?) be saying. I very much hope that one of the "casualties" of war will be the BBC. Yours, a very fed-up Londoner<<<<< andrewsullivan.com