Two Britons were arrested and handed over to the British embassy in Baghdad after an exchange of fire involving the Iraqi interior minister's bodyguards, a government spokesman said Tuesday. Thaer al-Naqib said two guards protecting the residence of Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib opened fire on a suspicious vehicle on Monday, sparking a gunfight which left one of them dead and the other wounded.
| I guess he means the bodyguards. |
Naqib said two Britons in the vehicle were apprehended and handed over to the British embassy, which could not immediately be reached for confirmation.
| Hummmm, took a wrong turn, trigger-happy bodyguards opened up on them, they returned fire and took off till they got stopped? Interesting that they were "handed over" to the Brit embassy. Diplo-immunity, maybe? |
UPDATE: Two Britons were arrested after a shootout in Baghdad between passengers of a vehicle carrying a British diplomat and bodyguards of Iraq's interior minister, a government spokesman and the British embassy said... "The vehicle carried a British diplomat. There was an incident and it is under urgent investigation," said British embassy spokeswoman Victoria Whitford, who would not reveal the identities of the passengers. "We are in close contact with the Iraqi authorities about it," she said, adding that the diplomat was one of the two Britons briefly detained.
| Boy, can I call them or what? |
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