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07 March 2004
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Sunday
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15 Muharram 1425
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Two killed as UK troops clash with Iraqi militia
AMMARA, March 6: A shootout between British troops and a militia left two civilians dead in southern Iraq on Friday. Gen Ismail Kazem Adhar, chief of police in Maysan province, said British troops clashed with the Badr Organization
, the armed wing of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), one of the main Shia-dominated political parties in the country.
"A person opened fire (on) Friday on a British patrol before taking shelter inside the local office of Badr organization" in Qalat Salah, Gen Adhar said.
At that moment, a procession of Shias stumbled upon the soldiers and attacked them, destroying a British military vehicle, the official added.-AFP
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