Popular uprising in Basra?

Tuesday March 25, 2003 19:32

by Maubere

Possible interesting developments in South Iraq today

Sky News has just claimed that a popular uprising has started in Basra. The info came from British army sources. Now before you start shouting I know Sky are propaganda spouting, pro-imperialist wankers and that the British Army are murdering bastards but if its true then its a very interesting story. The Brits are attacking Basra at the moment and the Shia people seem to be taking advantage of this to get rid of the Baath scum. Another story doing the rounds is that British soldiers have moved to the eastern side of Basra close to the Iranian border. I'm only guessing but this could be to stop Iraqi Shia groups (including armed militias) based in Iran (and friendly to the Iranian government) from crossing over the border. It may be the first step in stopping the Shia people (60% of the total Iraqi population) from taking over, which they undoubtedly would if free democratic elections were held. How do anti-war people feel about these developments, I think we should support all efforts of the Iraqi people to remove oppression, whether its Saddam, a US puppet government or any other exploiters

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you know what they say.....

by lodi dodi

Tue Mar 25, 2003 19:34

one solution = revolution

Very cynical especially regarding Sky Non-news

by Cynic

Tue Mar 25, 2003 19:49

Also the timing is very suspect considering the US/UK invading forces are by all accounts facing much tougher resistance from the Iraqis than they expected. Don't forget the first casualty of war is the truth.

That's interesting

by David Rynne

Tue Mar 25, 2003 19:52

Of course it's much to premature to make any judgement on this situation (not that it's my place to do so) especially since we have so little information at present.
I am fearful that there will be an all out civil war in Iraq though whch will be won by the strongest most ruthless army or else suppressed in such a way as to hand victory to whichever side finds the favour of the "coalition"

Propaganda

Tue Mar 25, 2003 20:02

Just read on BBC online that the info is coming from "British Army Intelligence" ie the same people who killed Pat Finucane,Rosemary Nelson and hundreds of other Irish people so it could be some dodgy plan, but who the hell knows whats going on.

kill the ba'aths - drive out the imperialists!

by hunter

Tue Mar 25, 2003 20:08

Have a bath, and damn the water charges

by soldiers 3, officers 0

Tue Mar 25, 2003 20:22

Why baths?, baths are stationary objects, just because you have a phobia about baths.

yeah well pools of my own filth don't really appeal to me - i prefer showers

Tue Mar 25, 2003 21:21

anyway,

rte has reported that the brits claim that they fired artillery at iraqi mortar positions. these mortar positions were in turn firing at a 'large group of people who had gathered outside ba'ath party hq'.

maybe i'm being overly cynical, but maybe brits actually shelled a large group of people and are trying to claim that iraqis did it? hence the story about the uprising? also, the markets have reacted positively to the news of the uprising (reuters business news)

now the shi'ites are saying its true

by hunter - addicted to AFP

Tue Mar 25, 2003 21:39

"A revolt is taking place in Basra," Mohammad Hadi, spokesman of the Iran-based Supreme Assembly for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (ASRII), told AFP. "We have no more details for the moment."

but aren't the ASRII on the US's side in this war - i mean aren't they part of the 'Iraqi Opposition'?

Brit-hate

by Declan

Tue Mar 25, 2003 21:42

Maubere, get over your Brit-hate. You're living in the past.

Thats a kick up the ass for all you apologists for the Iraqi terrorist regime

by Avi H.

Tue Mar 25, 2003 22:31

Hopefully now the ordinary decent mass of the Irish people - "The silent majority" will follow the example of the brave people of Basra and rise up against all you liberal, left-wing apologists for the Iraqi terrorist regime and put you in prison where you belong. "No free speech for traitors!"

Wed Mar 26, 2003 00:01

Declan: could you tell me why the murder of Pat Finucane should be ignored? Is his life somehow worthless, if people say Saddam has murdered 500,000 Iraqis would you tell them to stop living in the past? I have this bizaare notion that all crimes should be exposed, you obviosly don't think so,

Avi: the "silent majority" in Ireland are against the war because thay know its about oil, you just can't handle the fact that you're in the minority. The only people who have apologised for Saddam in the past are the crooks who are in the White House now! During the 1980s they were good mates with the evil dictator, doesn't that make them evil too. If Bush and Blair are so good why do they support evil regimes in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Indonesia, Colombia etc. Theres a slight chance that the Iraqi people may be able to get some control of their country post war, if they do it won't be because Bush wants it, he only wants to control the oil.

surprising

Wed Mar 26, 2003 01:00

to see avi h actually appear to support what may be muslims in a popular uprising.

course if he was at home he'd want someone to 'do a saddam' and have them all shot, or worse.

avi is basically a nazi who feels that Sharon is 'showing restraint' in dealing with the palestian crisis.

ALjazeera says otherwise

by Mixer

Wed Mar 26, 2003 10:51

Aljazeera was reporting before its website was hacked that the uprising was actually against the British , and that British forces were firing into the crowd

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