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...south, they fought to keep Saddam from destroying the 1,000 oil wells that are the country's financial future. Teams in humvees and low-flying helicopters rolled into dozens of towns in search of arms caches; riverine squads on inflatable boats cleared mines and other vessels from Umm Qasr harbor; and with help from the Marines, Army Rangers and some locals, a SEAL team freed Private Jessica Lynch from a Nasiriyah hospital...
United States troops surged across the Kuwaiti border on Friday, March 21, and seized part of the southern Iraqi port town of Umm Qasr...
...ites have hit the fan!" But al-Jazeera had a correspondent inside Basra, which appeared relatively orderly--quiet streets and groups chanting pro-Saddam slogans. Later the Western networks backpedaled. And for four days after U.S. TV said the allies had taken the port city of Umm Qasr, al-Jazeera correctly reported resistance there...
...DELIVERIES Navy Special Warfare forces swept the waterways around Iraq's lone deep-sea port at Umm Qasr for mines and sniper's nests. By the end of last week, they had secured the port, paving the way for British vessels carrying food and other supplies for civilians in the south...
...QASR, IRAQ: Local Iraqis daubed Xs across a mural of Saddam Hussein in this port city, which is now under allied control...