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The Battle for Umm Qasr
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The military events in general in
Iraq (2002 - April 2003)
- Tough battle for Umm Qasr
- BBC, 21 March 2003. The US Marines had been told to
expect fairly light resistance in Umm Qasr, but they
encountered much stiffer opposition than they had been
expecting.
- Ominous Signs for Coalition in Battle for
Umm Qasr
- By Victor Mallet, Financial
Times, 23 March 2003. US and British marines,
backed by tanks and air strikes, fought for the third day
on Sunday to secure full control of the Iraqi frontier
town of Umm Qasr, in a small but politically significant
battle that has become an embarrassment for the invasion
force.
- Umm Qasr aid effort ’a
shambles’
- BBC News, 3 April 2003. The humanitarian effort in the
British occupied area a
shambles
. The town is still
not under control. It’s like the Wild West. And even
the most major humanitarian concern, water, is not being
adequately administered.
