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To: B.REVERE who wrote (247118)	6/25/2003 1:06:08 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Respond to of 436258

Ananova: Furious townspeople kill British troops Iraqi police have dismissed claims that six military policemen were killed in an ambush. Policemen in MaJAT al-Kabir say the UK soldiers were killed by residents in retaliation for them shooting dead four civilian demonstrators hours earlier Abbas Faddhel, an Iraqi policeman in the town, said the British troops shot and killed four civilian demonstrators on Tuesday. Armed civilians then killed two of the British soldiers at the scene of the demonstration in front of the mayor's office and then chased four other British soldiers to a police station, killing them after a two-hour gun battle, Mr Faddhel said. Abu Zahraa, a 30-year-old local market trader, also said Iraqi civilians were killed by British soldiers during the demonstration against the presence of British forces in the town. He said the British troops had formally agreed a day earlier to let local police patrol Majar. Zahraa and another witness, who would not be named, said the British soldiers came under attack and retreated to the local police station. Angry townspeople then went to their homes to fetch assault rifles, returned to the station and attacked the besieged British soldiers, all of whom died, the witnesses said. A British military spokesman, Captain Adam Marchant-Wincott, said he could not confirm the witness accounts. But he said it was possible there had been an agreement between the British forces and local police letting the locals take over security in the town. Capt Marchant-Wincott said he could not say whether the British forces had fired at demonstrators, but added that they would have done so only if their lives were threatened. Story filed: 08:59 Wednesday 25th June 2003 Related stories: Six British troops killed in Iraq 16:17 Tuesday 24th June 2003 British troops wounded in Iraq 14:22 Tuesday 24th June 2003 More related stories Check for more on: UK Iraq World trouble spots World Newsflash