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What Umm Qasr is really like (semi-comedy)

Vashti | 27.03.2003 14:26

An amusing comment from Sky News on Geoff Hoon's description of Umm Qasr. Well, I thought it was funny, anyway. Interesting that they're still being shot at - I thought Umm Qasr was meant to be taken?

"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."

Vashti