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The Battle for Basra Palace (bbc video)

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  • #2
    Oilrig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 727 ✭✭✭Oilrig


    Was always a dumb place to base. At the end of a cul de sac...

    They had another base at Basra Hotel, due north, slightly better...

    The airport was much more secure, 18k's out of town with a flat perimeter.

    Apart from the mortars...


  • #3
    Ronan Raver77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭Ronan Raver77


    Some unedited footage from the soldiers http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/7137323.stm
    Part two is on Monday

    Basra: The Legacy
    As British troops prepare to hand over security control in southern Iraq, Panorama asks what sort of place will British troops be leaving behind.


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