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=> British forces break soldiers out of Basra jail
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The incident was one of the most bizarre tales to emerge from the Iraq since the US-led invasion of March 2003 - especially given the amount of time and money spent by the British Army training Iraq’s post-Saddam police force. Although Basra, where UK forces are headquartered, has been relatively calm compared to Baghdad, the southern city and its police force has reportedly come under the direct control of Shia Muslim militias. An Iraqi official told the Reuters news agency that the two "undercover" British soldiers, who were travelling in a civilian car, were arrested this morning after clashing with Iraqi police. Reports said the soldiers killed one Iraqi policeman and wounded another. The official said he had been informed by the British military that they were "undercover soldiers". It was not clear what unit the men were from - whether they were regular soldiers or from the special forces. "They were driving a civilian car and were dressed in civilian clothes when a shooting took place between them and Iraqi patrols," he said. "We are investigating and an Iraqi judge is on the case questioning them." A Basra police source said the two men, who he said were wearing Arab costume, had opened fired at a police patrol when they were asked to stop. Photographs of the British soldiers showed them with light beards. One of them was wearing bandage around his head. Mohammed al-Abadi, an official at the Basra governorate, said the two men looked suspicious to the police. "A policeman approached them and then one of these guys fired at him. Then the police managed to capture them," Mr Abadi told reporters. "They refused to say what their mission was. They said they were British soldiers and to ask their commander about their mission." Reuters News Agency earlier published photographs of the two soldiers taken after their capture. The photographs showed the unshaven pair in custody, dressed casually in T-shirts and trousers, and sitting on the floor with their hands behind their backs. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article568439.ece --------------------- |
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