Following his advance to Basra as an armed escort to a BBC News team, paratrooper-turned-photographer Craig Allen was ordered to the Iraqi capital for a mission unique among British forces. Part II of II
A patrol alongside the Tigris. At this point the atmosphere was relatively calm, though that would soon change
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Having completed our successful entry into Basra, the BBC press group decided it was time to disembed, so the media escorts, comprising Captain Tony Booth and myself, were out of work and we reverted to watchkeeping duties within 3 Para battalion HQ.
