- Followers of the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
have blamed British forces for the coordinated series of car bombs which
killed 73 people in the southern Iraqi city of Basra yesterday.
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- Several Iraqi policemen in uniform have joined the followers
in protests.
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- The coalition say the attacks bore all the hallmarks
of Al Qaeda, but Sadr's spokesman in Basra, Sheikh al-Bahadli, told the
300 supporters gathered in front of his office that there was evidence
that British occupation forces were involved.
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- The targets of the attacks were Iraqi police stations
and a uniformed policeman who joined the protest said "the British
were the ones who attacked us".
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- "Now we are with our religious leaders," the
policeman said.
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- Another policeman said many of his fellow officers were
ready to fight alongside Sadr's Mehdi army.
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- http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1093087.htm
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