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Re: А доказать?

Morituri Te Salutant
>>Про Басру не скажу, а Умм-Каср 21 марта якобы взяли...
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>Его не якобы, а взяли. Включая центр города и порт. Зачистку отдельных районов вели еще долго, как и сейчас будут ковыряться в Фалудже.

During the first week of the war, according to the normally conservative Editor and Publisher magazine, these reporters put out no less than 15 stories that have since been proved false. They are:
1) Saddam Hussein killed or severely wounded on day one (March 20)
2) Iraqi command “decapitated.” (March 22)
3) City of Umm Qasr captured (March 22)
4) Iraqi soldiers refuse to fight – Surrender in droves (March 22)
5) Iraqi citizens greet Americans as liberators (March 22)
6) Entire division of 8,000 Iraqi troops surrenders (March 23)
7) Banned Scud missiles launched against Kuwait (March 23)
8) Fedayeen militia are few in number and pose no threat (March 23)
9) City of Basra captured (March 23)
10) City of Umm Qasr captured for real (March 23)
11) Captured chemical plant in Najaf produced banned weapons (March 23)
12) City of Nassiriya captured (March 23)
13) City of Umm Qasr really really captured for real (March 24)
14) Major anti-Saddam rebellion occurs in Basra (March 24)
15) Republican Guard convoy of 1,000 vehicles heading south to engage US troops
(March 25)
http://www.coldtype.net/Assets/pdfs/10.Nim.April01.pdf