War quotes
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Sky News quoted over on Learning to Fly
“Umm Qasr is a city similar to Southampton,” UK defence minister Geoff Hoon said in The Commons yesterday.
“He’s either never been to Southampton, or he’s never been to Umm Qasr” says a British squaddie patrolling Umm Qasr. Another soldier added: “There’s no beer, no prostitutes and people are shooting at us. It’s more like Portsmouth.”
And from The Guardian, Natasha Kaplinsky on BBC Breakfast:
“We now join Caroline Wyatt at British military headquarters - who, like all correspondents, is not allowed to disclose her precise location or operational details. Caroline, where are you, and what plans have they got for today?
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