Silent_One
22-Mar-2003, 15:25
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2875777.stm
Coming into Basra as part of a massive military convoy, I encountered a stream of young men, dressed in what appeared to be Iraqi army uniforms, applauding the US marines as they swept past in tanks.
US predictions that many here would choose to surrender rather than fight appear to have come true.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2875281.stmThe BBC's David Willis reports from Basra that there was little resistance to the incoming UK and US forces and hundreds of young men even applauded them.
Coming into Basra as part of a massive military convoy, I encountered a stream of young men, dressed in what appeared to be Iraqi army uniforms, applauding the US marines as they swept past in tanks.
US predictions that many here would choose to surrender rather than fight appear to have come true.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2875281.stmThe BBC's David Willis reports from Basra that there was little resistance to the incoming UK and US forces and hundreds of young men even applauded them.