"I think ric thought Basra was a base in the UK and expected such an attack would have made big news."
I was not by any means getting upset at your comment, I was actually defending you by saying that you didn't seem to understand where Basra was. These types of attacks happen often enough,
"I've found the report weird because 1- Attacking a base is not really something easy to do on land, let alone on foot, and I haven't heard any reports of a massive base attack"
Honestly, attacking a base on land is not as uncommon as you may think. I don't believe the Iraqi terrorists have a massive supply of fighter plans around to make air attacks with. Also, with a mortar gun you can get some decent distance from your target.
"2- Google Maps is outdated and not precise enough to make any military attack any easier"
Yeah, I agree with you here. But I think they would still be accurate enough geographically and topographically to be extremely useful for strategic planning.
"By the way, loved the way you guys got offended by my comments, reminds me of that scene in Fellini's Rome in which an old man complains about Mussolini during the war and is angrily questioned by some other fellow."
Uh... okay. This isn't an issue of complaining about a dictator and being questioned for it. I know WESHALLPRESERVE can get carried away from time to time with his CAPS LOCK, he gets pretty passionate about these issues. I think the reason why he posted as he did was because he thought you were doubting that US and UK troops are being attacked in Iraq.