IRAQ: FIRST PASSENGER FERRY TO ARRIVE SINCE THE START OF THE U.S.-LED WAR THAT OUSTED SADDAM HUSSEIN DOCKS IN PORT OF UMM QASR
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584746
IRAQ: FIRST PASSENGER FERRY TO ARRIVE SINCE THE START OF THE U.S.-LED WAR THAT OUSTED SADDAM HUSSEIN DOCKS IN PORT OF UMM QASR
- Title: IRAQ: FIRST PASSENGER FERRY TO ARRIVE SINCE THE START OF THE U.S.-LED WAR THAT OUSTED SADDAM HUSSEIN DOCKS IN PORT OF UMM QASR
- Date: 26th April 2003
- Summary: (W6) UMM QASR, IRAQ (APRIL 24, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. SLV FERRY DOCKING AT PORT; SLV U.S. NAVY BOAT; SLV PASSENGERS ON FERRY (7 SHOTS) 0.42 2. SMV SINGAGE ON LAND; SLV PORT (2 SHOTS) 0.51 3. SLV GROUP OF MEN NEAR PORT AWAITING ARRIVAL OF FERRY; SLV FERRY DOCKING AT PORT; SLV PEOPLE AWAITING ARRIVAL OF FERRY NEAR PORT (11 SHOTS) 1.49 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 11th May 2003 13:00
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- Location: UMM QASR, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVA55P6DG55YIHF6TLFE3JP87YR9
- Story Text: The first passenger ferry to arrive in Iraq since the
start of the U.S.-led war that ousted Saddam Hussein has
docked in the southern port of Umm Qasr, loaded with Iraqis
returning home.
The white-and-blue Jebel Ali ferry from the United Arab
Emirates glided into the port on Thursday (April 24, 2003) after
its crossing from Dubai, British military officials said.
Hundreds of relatives, many in battered old Japanese cars,
clogged the entrance to the port on the main highway from the
border with Kuwait to await loved ones, some of whom have been
away for many years.
British military officials, who have run Umm Qasr since
securing Iraq's only major port during the war, refused to let
any people into the port. Sentries struggled to control the
flow of coaches and trucks blocking the entrance.
A military spokeswoman said the process for checking
people arriving from the Emirates ports would take some time.
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