(UPI) - Martin Walker Confounding the Arab media who had talked darkly of a new spirit of Iraqi patriotism resisting the invaders, the people of Basra braved gunfire to dance in the streets and cheer for the British troops who finally broke the grip of Saddam's regime. This reporter saw one Basra citizen even kiss a British tank.
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