BRITS INVOLVED IN BATTLE OF BASRA

Civilian killed, policeman wounded in clashes in Basra

Basra - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 24 /03 /2008 Time 2:53:17

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Basra, Mar 24, (VOI) – One civilian was killed and a policeman wounded in clashes that erupted in northern Basra on Sunday evening and continued until the early hours of Monday between security forces and gunmen, police said.

"Violent clashes broke out between a joint Iraqi army-police force and outlaws. The clashes started at 9:00 p.m. on Sunday and continued until the early hours of Monday in the city of al-Qarna, (100 km) northern Basra," an official security source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI) by telephone.

"The clashes left one civilian killed and a policeman wounded," the source said, not revealing whether there were casualties among the gunmen.The oil-rich port city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.