Further south, fierce fighting continued around Nasiriya between US marines and Iraqi troops. UK forces around Basra attacked an Iraqi armoured column breaking out of the besieged city, destroying three tanks. The incipient rebellion in the city reported by British troops on 26 March has yet to show further development. Iraq has dismissed the reports as false. UK Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said that the situation in Basra remained 'unclear'.
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