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To: elmatador who wrote (32425)	4/25/2003 5:58:16 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

BURGER KING, PIZZA HUT OPEN IRAQ LOCATIONS arras.net [Elmat, you were right all along... it's ending in pizza! <g>] BASRA -- Fast food giants Pizza Hut and Burger King have set up their first franchises inside war-torn Iraq, even as many aid convoys waited on the borders for the war to officially end. The arrival of the two restaurants - sited inside giant trailers on a British military base near Basra - won a rapturous welcome from soldiers, whose limited range of rations lost their appeal many weeks ago. But some officers were less keen on the new arrivals, which are due to start selling food tomorrow. "I would prefer we got decent showers and toilets sorted out first," muttered one high-ranking officer. Fastfood outlets are common in US bases, including Camp Doha in Kuwait, but it is believed to be the first time they have been sited inside a British military base. Another officer, who was directly involved in the franchise process, said: "It's an Americanism, we usually have them off the base, but because it is still a war zone we have to give them protection." Permission to open the restaurants was granted through the British Army and they will be run by existing franchise holders from Kuwait, with a percentage of any profits going to charity. But soldiers waiting for a brewery franchise to be awarded are set for a disappointment as military chiefs have already vetoed any alcohol being sold on the base, which is home to almost 8000 British soldiers. The Kuwaiti franchise holders provided staff and raw materials and the Army escorted them into Iraq, although it is understood it will not provide constant escorts for the supply runs. A spokesman for the two restaurants, Atef Bassent, said: "I hope we will do good business here."