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Title: BBC news ticker says the ground assault is under way
Post by: Swoop on March 20, 2003, 11:20:00 AM

And that they'll be "more soon".



Anyone got any further details? cos the BBC doesnt....

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Title: BBC news ticker says the ground assault is under way
Post by: Dune on March 20, 2003, 11:21:23 AM

NYTimes reports that LAV's of the 1st Marine Div. ran into 2 Iraqi apc's across the border and destroyed them.

Title: BBC news ticker says the ground assault is under way
Post by: Swoop on March 20, 2003, 11:23:58 AM

More from the Beeb now:

American ground forces have fired on Iraqi positions in southern Iraq. Dozens of artillery shells were fired and explosions were reported in the direction of the Iraqi city of Basra, Reuters news agency eyewitnesses said. Gavin Hewitt reports from his position with the US troops on the Iraq-Kuwait border.

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