> This phrase is running across the BBC web tickler at:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk. There's no linked article; not
> even sure what it means; uprising against Saddam?
> Against the U.S./British?
>
> Has anyone heard about this?
Yes: BBC Radio 4 has just had a snippet about this, but details still seem vague. It's supposed to be an anti-regime uprising, which the British troops are allegedly attempting to support.
The BBC website article the ticker ought to be linking to is this one: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2886235.stm
Chris