Citizens "run free" as British troops liberate Basra
BBC reports extensive looting in Basra:
"There has been widespread looting in the city, with one soldier saying "hundreds and hundreds" of people were taking anything they could from schools, hospitals, banks, colleges and hotels.
Reporters said they had seen fridges, ceiling fans, fire engines, pieces of corrugated iron and even a grand piano being wheeled along the streets. "
Fire engines?