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April 18, 2003

Basra utilities 'were not bombed'

BBC - BASRA, The commander of British forces in the Gulf has rejected suggestions that coalition bombing seriously damaged infrastructure in Basra. Air Marshal Brian Burridge said electricity and water supplies were "the same" as before the war.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme most hospitals were short of supplies, but claimed the situation was improving "inch by inch, day by day".

"We're getting to grips bit by bit with the basic needs of life - water, power, regenerating medical care. None of those things were particularly good before this conflict."

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