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Iraq
Four Iraqis killed, 31 wounded by British troops in Basra
2006-05-07
Four Iraqi civilians were killed and 31 others wounded on Saturday when British troops in Basra opened fire near a location where a British helicopter crashed earlier today in Al-Saee in Central Basra. A source of the Basra Police told KUNA that the British troops opened fire at some civilians who pelted the troops with stones near the location of the helicopter crash. It added that a curfew was declared from 8:00 pm till 6:00 am Sunday.

Furthermore, a health official in Basra told KUNA that the 31 civilians who were wounded in the incident were rushed to nearby hospitals. Eyewitnesses said that two British tanks were set ablaze by demonstrators.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Too much "softly, softly." Time for some Whoop-Ass.
Posted by: xbalanke   2006-05-07 12:55  

#2  If they need to desecrate the dead as in Fallujah, they need more than a few rounds of 5.56mm fired. A volley of 30mm cannon shells would have saved the two expensive Scorpions.
Posted by: Duh!   2006-05-07 09:19  

#1  I think British forces are rediscovering the stick aspect of the carrot and stick approach.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2006-05-07 02:04  

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