Bombs Over Basra: U.S. Conducts Airstrikes for 1st Time in Battle

by Jarrett Martineau | March 28, 2008 at 06:40 am

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When airstrikes are still being conducted and bombs are still falling, I think it's pretty clear that this war isn't even close to being over.

BAGHDAD — U.S. warplanes carried out at least two airstrikes overnight in Basra for the first time since clashes between Shiite militias and Iraqi security forces erupted in the southern oil port this week, a British official said today.

Shiite militants also clashed with government forces for a fourth day in Iraq's oil-rich south and sporadic fighting broke out in Baghdad, despite a weekend curfew in the capital.

A British military spokesman in Basra said U.S. warplanes carried out at least two airstrikes overnight in Iraq's southern oil port.

Maj. Tom Holloway says jets have been providing air support since clashes between Shiite militias and Iraqi forces erupted in the southern oil port on Monday, but it was the first time bombs have been dropped.