Seige of Basra

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US drop 500kg J-Dam bomb on Basra: The Guardian, [25 March 2003]. A US warplane has dropped a 500kg satellite-guided J-Dam bomb on a civilian building in Basra, British forces make a big push or the city, using heavy artillery. Our forces now surround Basra and we are obviously assessing the situation before we commence operations to take out the non-regular militia.
Basra in flames: Islamic Republic News Agency (Iran), 4 April 2003. Nine oil wells in Basra have been set ablaze by heavy coalition bombardments of the city in the past few days. The city has been under continuing air raids, missile and artillery barrage attacks by US-led forces more than any other southern Iraqi urban area since the outbreak of the current war.
The New Humanitarianism: Basra as a Military Target: By Rahul Mahajan, Nowar Collective, [6 April 2003]. Iraq’s desperate humanitarian situation has suddenly become a retroactive justification for the war, even for the attacking of civilian targets. The need to get aid into Basra has apparently prompted a British military spokesperson to designate it as a legitimate military target.
Basra Still Without Water, Electricity And Medical Aid: OANA/RIA Novisti, 13 April 2003. Water and electricity are supplied only to several districts of the city, primarily to the places of the accommodation of British troops. In the daytime British soldiers patrol the streets of the city to provide security. However, at night, armed groups of looters are active in several districts of the city.