»I'm told that 3 para of the British army have come under fire in Rumeila oil field, this is after we were told yesterday that the oil fields were secure. There's a very messy picture emerging from southern Iraq. There are strategy meetings going on at a high level to try to agree what to do about this. It is unconventional warfare in the south, guerilla fighting. The south of Iraq was to be the easy part of this war, the military are now using the words guerilla war and long term.«

[Hilary Andersson, 07:12 GMT im BBC Reporters's Log]