Just now on BBC, they were live interviewing military spokesperson US Captain Stewart Upton from US Central Command Headquarters in Doha… The BBC correspondent was quoting some British Generals, saying that they didn't expect so many attacks from the Iraqi Fedayin 'irregulars', and it has caused the need for a rethinking somewhat of a change of tactics. The US Captain replied that he would have to disagree with that assessment and then talked about how quickly they have advanced towards Baghdad. The US military spokesperson then said that perhaps the British Generals' miss-assessment is due to their focus ongoing situation in which the: "British have had to rethink their strategy in that city where they want to bring in humanitarian aid and there has been word of an uprising of some sort where the Iraqis are shooting into crowds…in…umm…that….uhhh…city…umm…uhhh…I think it is called…..RAMALLAH…." (with long uncomfortable pauses before each word)
RAMALLAH!!!!????…..I shit you not…he said Ramallah very clearly (I am sure it wasn't Karbala that he said…I was listening closely because I was enjoying him trying to come up with the name and he definitely said Ramallah)…the correspondent was very kind and changed the subject quickly and then after the interview reiterated what the US captain said and used Basra…