British are meeting little resistance as they make their way north up the strategic Faw peninsula in southern Iraq, a British military spokesman said on Friday. "Three Commando Brigade landed in force on the Al Faw peninsular, they secured the oil equipment that goes into the north Arabian Gulf," Group Captain Al Lockwood, main spokesman for British forces in Qatar, told BBC radio. "They are now progressing up the Al Faw peninsular supported by naval gunfire from Royal Naval vessels. Umm Qasr is obviously one of our key objectives and we are moving toward that," he said. "We are securing our initial objectives and continuing our progress. There has been light resistance with no U.K. casualties," he added. "We are pleased with our progress. There has been a lot of support from Royal Navy and Royal Airforce assets, and the land campaign has got off to a good start," he added.
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