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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (188104)	5/8/2004 2:32:30 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 1573960

Friday, May 7, 2004 · Last updated 10:46 p.m. PT Sadr gunmen attack U.K. troops in Basra THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BASRA, Iraq -- Gunmen loyal to a radical Shiite cleric attacked British troops in the southern city of Basra on Saturday, a day after the cleric's top aide in the city offered a reward for the capture or killing of coalition soldiers. The black-garbed militiamen of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr moved in large numbers through the streets of the city, assaulting the governor's building and opening fire on British patrols in several neighborhoods. A rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the U.S.-led coalition headquarters, witnesses said. British troops arrived to reinforce the guards at the governor's building and took control, witnesses said. At least one person was wounded, but the full extent of casualties was not immediately known. Al-Sadr's al-Mahdi Army militia controls the holy Shiite cities of Najaf, Kufa and Karbala, and has clashed with U.S. and other coalition troops over the last several weeks. The fighting came a day after al-Sadr's top aide in Basra, Sheik Abdul-Sattar al-Bahadli, told worshippers during Friday prayers that $350 would be given to anyone who captures a British soldier and offered $150 for killing one. He also said Iraqis who take female soldiers can keep them as slaves.

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