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Originally posted by kvm_mkdb: British source says unaware of any Basra uprising KUWAIT, March 25 (Reuters) - British military officials said on Tuesday they had no information on any popular uprising in Iraq's second city of Basra, but added that they would do everything possible to encourage such a revolt. "We don't know anything about a Basra uprising," said a British military source in Central Command in Qatar. |
Ah, the fog of war.
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| Juliet Bremner, a correspondent with the British network ITV with troops outside the city, said the commanders told her they had seen groups of 40 to 50 citizens at various locations on the streets and that British forces had taken out an Iraqi mortar that had been firing on the apparent protesters. |
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So who are we supposed to believe. Reuters reporting in Kuwait, or an ITV jounalist talking to the commanders on the spot?
I don't know. How about we just wait and see.