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This is
LONDON
19/03/03 - War on Iraq section

The war has started
By Robert Fox, Defence Correspondent and David Taylor,
Evening Standard

British and American troops were involved in fierce
fighting near Iraq's main port today as the war to
topple Saddam Hussein began. 

The firefight broke out near Basra as men of the
Special Boat Service targeted the strategically vital
city and the oilfields in southern Iraq. 

At the same time allied troops were flooding into the
demilitarised zone on the Iraqi border with Kuwait 40
miles away to take up positions for an all-out
invasion. 

Cruise missiles were also loaded onto B52 bombers at
RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, a clear sign that the
bombardment of Baghdad could be only hours away. [...]

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