I haven’t posted a great deal about the operations being conducted in Iraq against militia factions in the Basra area by Iraqi security forces supported by U. S. and, presumably, MNF-1 forces. BAGHDAD - U.S. jets widened the bombing of Basra on Saturday, dropping two precision-guided bombs on a suspected militia stronghold north of the city, British officials said.Maj. Tom Holloway, a British military spokesman, said U.S. jets dropped the two bombs on a militia position in Qarmat Ali shortly bef