Basra about to be done

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Looks like they were right to be concerned. Here comes the popular uprising:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...637473,00.html

As the Iraqi defenders retaliated with rocket-propelled grenades, a succession of rounds were fired by the Challengers into the complex, setting it on fire and killing many paramilitaries. Some tried in vain to flee as civilians from the nearby Shia Flats slum poured on to the streets in support of the British attack. Some shouted and cheered, greeting the British soldiers with waves, thumbs up and smiles.

Others wrought vengeance upon their oppressors, surrounding and attacking the fleeing Fedayin. A crowd descended upon one paramilitary, striking furiously at him and departed, leaving his lifeless body on the street. Gangs of looters appeared, seizing seemingly anything that was moveable from what remained of the Baath party buildings.

The Shi'ites are mighty pissed. They're braving RPGs to stomp on Saddam's people... payback's a bitch!