IRAQ: CONVOY OF 300 VEHICLES SEEN AT RUMAILA NEAR BASRA AND A NUMBER OF FIRES ARE BURNING IN THE OIL FIELDS

Record ID: 647580

  • Title: IRAQ: CONVOY OF 300 VEHICLES SEEN AT RUMAILA NEAR BASRA AND A NUMBER OF FIRES ARE BURNING IN THE OIL FIELDS
  • Date: 25th March 2003
  • Summary: (U4) RUMAILA, IRAQ, IRAQ (MARCH 23, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. SLV TANK WITH OIL BURNING IN DISTANCE; SLV CONVOY ON ROAD PASSING TROOPS; SLV CAR BEING INSPECTED AT ROAD CHECKPOINT (7 SHOTS) 0.58 2. SCU SOLDIER WITH OIL BURNING BEHIND; SLV SOLDIERS MAKING SECURITY CHECKS (3 SHOTS) 1.14 3. SLV TWO MEN WEARING DJELLABAHS WALKING WITH FIRE AND SMOKE IN BACKGROUND; MV FLAMES RAGING (3 SHOTS) 1.30 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 9th April 2003 13:00
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  • Location: RUMAILA, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA8PPEPFL3O70NI0WPF82GI57ZG
  • Story Text: A convoy of 300 vehicles has been seen at Rumaila near
    Basra. A number of fires are burning in the oil fields there.

    U.S. and British tank units advanced on the southern
    city of Basra on Sunday (March 23, 2003), where Iraqi forces fought
    back to keep them out of the city, Reuters correspondents
    said, quoting soldiers in the area.

    Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf said
    three U.S. soldiers had been killed in the fighting for Basra
    as well as 77 civilians, most of the latter with cluster
    bombs. There was no independent confirmation troops had died
    in Basra.

    A Reuters correspondent, who is with a combat support
    battalion with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said
    British and U.S. tank units were moving closer to the city.

    Several dozen people fleeing Basra passed the checkpoint
    asking how to get to Kuwait, but trucks carrying tomatoes,
    vegetables and water were still travelling towards the city.


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