Iraq. Basra. 04.07.03. Fall of Basra. After more than two weeks of fighting the Allied forces entered Basra on april 7th. The British tanks rolled into the city center early in the morning, encountering pockets of armed resistance. While the fight against these last faddayin was carried on, wide spread looting began all over the city. Wounded pro Saddam militia and iraki civilians are cured at Basrah's main hospital.