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Date: 7th March 1991
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 131
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P131 CEEFAX 131 Thu 7 Mar 21:45/31 GOVERNMENT "REGAINS CONTROL" OF BASRA Uncertainty is continuing over who is in control of Iraq's second city Basra, in the south of the country. Accounts from refugees crossing into Kuwait support reports that an anti- Saddam rebellion in the city has been quashed. Yesterday, US military intelligence reports indicated that resistance from Iraqi opposition forces had been overcome by government troops. The army is also reported to have quelled a popular uprising in the southern town of al-Zubair. 101Headlines 102Newswatch Next News Gulf Headlines Newsreel