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March 26, 2003
BBC Reporters Web Log
The BBC Web site has an interesting page set up for their reporters assigned to the war. They can post to this quick impressions in a timely way. Here is recent entry:
"Safwan, Iraq :: Valerie Jones :: 1359GMT
I have just crossed into Southern Iraq with the Kuwaiti Red Crescent and the first load of humanitarian aid. There are really chaotic scenes here, people are scrambling for food and climbing into the trucks.
There are three trucks, carrying food stuffs and water. This is a gesture the Kuwaiti Red Crescent wanted to make from the Kuwaiti people, but this is not the reaction they expected.
We got to the border town of Safwan, as the doors of the trucks were opened people scambled inside and grabbed the boxes and bags of food. They started throwing them out into the crowd.
One man told me they really needed these supplies as there was no water in Safwan. Soldiers are here with us but are uncertain about the mood of the crowd, some are chanting Saddam good, Bush bad.
The military are now circling the trucks and are hoping the scene will calm down."
Posted by afinta at March 26, 2003 01:52 PM
Comments
There were some problems with this link, but it should be fixed now. However - a quick check of the site is showing that there is only one comment - there were dozens prior. Don't know what to make of that, except there have been stories of the "embedded" journalists being muzzled.
Posted by: afinta at March 26, 2003 09:33 PM
There are many more posts now at about noon EST. They must have pruned them down at the end of the day or something. It would be helpful if they provided an archive though.
Posted by: afinta at March 27, 2003 12:58 PM