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adios
03-25-2003, 03:37 PM
Reported fighting by Shiites against Saddam forces in Basra.

Report: Shiites Rising Up Against Saddam (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,82088,00.html)

Interesting turn of events. Looks the Shiites in Basra are going to get some support ASAP.
brad
03-26-2003, 02:59 AM
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Basra+%27Uprising%27+A+Fiction&hl=en&lr=& ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=4bb7ed07.0303251847.289dc5a4%40pos ting.google.com&rnum=1

looks like reports of uprising greatly exaggerated.
IrishHand
03-26-2003, 09:10 AM
His link is from FoxNews...does the fact that it's a gross (pro-government) exagerration surprise you?