IRAQ: U.S. TROOPS NEAR KARBALA ENJOY FIRST HOT MEAL IN EIGHT DAYS.

Record ID: 647875

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S. TROOPS NEAR KARBALA ENJOY FIRST HOT MEAL IN EIGHT DAYS.
  • Date: 28th March 2003
  • Summary: (W8) UNKNOWN LOCATION, SOUTHEAST OF KARBALA, APPROX 110KMS (70 MILES) SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ (MARCH 27, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. GV: ARMOURED VEHICLE ZIGZAGING IN THE SAND 0.18 2. GV/PAN/MCU: VARIOUS OF TROOPS GATHERING FOR FOOD, FOOD BEING SERVED ON PLASTIC TRAYS (3 SHOTS) 0.57 3. CU/PAN: (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED SOLDIER GETTING FOOD, SAYING "I don't remember when we got our last one (decent meal), about eight days ago. Yeah I'm happy to get it." 1.14 (W3) UNKNOWN LOCATION, SOUTHEAST OF KARBALA, APPROX 110KMS (70 MILES) SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ (MARCH 27, 2003) (REUTERS) 4. MV: (SOUNDBITE) (English) CAPTAIN IAN HUMPHERYS SAYING "For our last week all we've been eating are MREs, which is a pre-packaged meal, that really, it's the same thing every day, almost. So what we want to do now is every once in a while we'll have a hot meal for the troops. That way it's a change of pace for them. Morale booster." 1.32 5. MV/CU: VARIOUS MORE OF SOLDIERS PICKING UP FOOD AND EATING, MAKING COMMENTS LIKE "You don't get no better than that" AND "Best in the world" (3 SHOTS) 2.02 6. GV: TANK IN THE DESERT 2.08 7. GV: SOLDIERS SEEN THROUGH BARBED WIRE 2.21 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 12th April 2003 13:00
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  • Location: UNKNOWN LOCATION, SOUTHEAST OF KARBALA, 110 KMS (70 MILES) OUTSIDE BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVACRZKFL96XM1YE3YCU7Z2ZSHDC
  • Story Text: Soldiers from the U.S. Delta Battery 3rd Infantry
    Division enjoyed their first hot meal for eight days in the
    Iraqi desert outside of Karbala.



    Thursday's (March 27, 2003) meal consisted of chily with
    rice and sweetcorn for a main course and canned fruit and chocolate
    pudding for desert.

    Captain Ian Humphreys said he wanted to give the troops a
    treat: "For our last week all we've been eating are MREs,
    which is a pre-packaged meal, that really, it's the same thing
    every day, almost. So what we want to do now is every once in
    a while we'll have a hot meal for the troops. That way it's a
    change of pace for them. Morale booster," he said.

    The soldiers seemed to appreciate it. "You don't get no
    better than that" and "Best in the world" they commented in
    between eating their food on tables and tanks in the desert.

    U.S. troops are preparing for what could be a critical
    battle soon with Iraqi Republican Guards near Kerbala.

    A full Iraqi brigade of some 6,000 men, including tanks,
    had taken up position around the city on both sides of the
    Euphrates river, U.S. officers said. Some were from the Medina
    division of the elite Republican Guard, others were regular
    army troops.
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