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Brits take control of Basra

BAS2003040612 - BASRA, Iraq, April 6 (UPI) -- Members of the Irish Guard, aka Desert Rats, leave a former technical school and Bath Party Headquarters they had taken control of only days previous, in route a dawn raid on Basra, Iraq on April 6, 2003. British forces faced fierce resistance inside the city of Basra but kept driving forward taking over control of most of Iraq's second largest city after days of fighting. dg/cc/cc/Chris Corder UPI

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