GreatWhite
03-23-2003, 11:18 AM
This was taken from the Sunday Mirror Newspapr (UK) :
Headline (Front Page):
PRICE OF WAR
Basra beaten but 6 more British troops die
PAGE 5 OF THE NEWSPAPER:
ALLIED troops won the first major set-piece battle of th4e war yesterday as they took the suburbs or Basra - and moved fighting to the center of the city.
1ST EXTRACT
A full-scale exchange of tank fire was bring joined in Iraq's second city as twilight fell.
"The enemy has been defeated outside the west of Basra,'' US Marine captain Andrew Bergen told Reuters. ''There are plenty of prisoners, i'd say hundreds.''
2ND EXTRACT (OF 3)
Allied troops had an early success when they captured the airpost to the north of the city. It was by no means a walk over. They encountered resistance from Iraqi soldiers in armoured personell carriers.
3RD AND LAST EXTRACT
As the advance towards the city - 340 miles south or Baghdad - gathered pace, ''high hundreds'' oF Iraqi troops were surrendering along the roadside.
PICTURES IN THIS TOPIC WILL FOLLOW - OF THE NEWSPAPER...
Headline (Front Page):
PRICE OF WAR
Basra beaten but 6 more British troops die
PAGE 5 OF THE NEWSPAPER:
ALLIED troops won the first major set-piece battle of th4e war yesterday as they took the suburbs or Basra - and moved fighting to the center of the city.
1ST EXTRACT
A full-scale exchange of tank fire was bring joined in Iraq's second city as twilight fell.
"The enemy has been defeated outside the west of Basra,'' US Marine captain Andrew Bergen told Reuters. ''There are plenty of prisoners, i'd say hundreds.''
2ND EXTRACT (OF 3)
Allied troops had an early success when they captured the airpost to the north of the city. It was by no means a walk over. They encountered resistance from Iraqi soldiers in armoured personell carriers.
3RD AND LAST EXTRACT
As the advance towards the city - 340 miles south or Baghdad - gathered pace, ''high hundreds'' oF Iraqi troops were surrendering along the roadside.
PICTURES IN THIS TOPIC WILL FOLLOW - OF THE NEWSPAPER...