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Badr leader killed, three British soldiers injured
 (KUNA) -- Secretary-General of Badr Shiite organization and two of his companions were killed Tuesday night by unidentified militants in Mahmoudiya town that witnessed bloody violence last Monday. A security source told KUNA that the militants shoot Abu Ali Al-Akrawi and two of his nephews on Mahmoudiya road as they were returning from Baghdad.Last Monday, militants used bombs and other weapons to attack civilians in the town's market and blew up a car loaded with explosives, killing 60 people and injuring more than 100. Police said 18 bodies were found in the town on Wednesday, of which three were policemen. It added that most of the bodies were tortured and shot. Meanwhile, three British soldiers were injured Tuesday night when unidentified militants attacked a British military patrol in Al-Hadi district in Basra, a spokesman of the British forces in Iraq said here Wednesday. He added that one soldier is seriously injured. Eyewitnesses told KUNA that the militants opened fire at the convoy of British tanks and vehicles damaging them completely and injuring the soldiers. British forces in Basra clashed with Sadr group members two days ago killing two of them and injuring ten others. Posted by: Fred 2006-07-20 |
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