Murder and chaos left by British, says Basra chief
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City's police chief describes a province in the grip of militias brutal enough to behead women
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British troops took control of the offices of Muqtada al-Sadr in the southern city of Basra on Friday after clashing with militants loyal to the rebel cleric, witnesses said.
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A member of Britain's Parachute Regiment was killed after being shot during a search and detention operation in the southern city of Basra, the Ministry of Defence has said.
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BASRA, Iraq  - British troops were quitting the southern Iraqi city of Basra overnight in a move that will end the British presence in the oil hub for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
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BASRA, Iraq  - British troops quit the Iraqi city of Basra on Monday, leaving the southern oil hub without British forces for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
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Two British soldiers died near the southern Iraqi city of Basra after their convoy was ambushed, according to the UK Ministry of Defence.
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Up to 36 people have been killed in clashes between British forces and Shia militia in Iraq, local officials say.
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BASRA, Iraq - British troops withdrew on Saturday from radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's main office in the southern city of Basra a day after occupying the building and seizing an arms cache in fighting that killed three and wounded five, the British military and police said.    Explosions and gunfire again echoed across the city Saturday before the soldiers withdrew from the offices in the city center and handed over the keys to local authorities, said British military spokesman Capt...
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Soldier was killed during clashes between British troops and Sadr&#39;s militiamen in southern Iraqi city of Basra.
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BASRA, Iraq  - British troops were quitting the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Sunday night in another step towards handing over the province to Iraqi control and paving the way for an eventual withdrawal of British forces from Iraq.
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The withdrawal of British troops from Basra was delayed due to US pressure, a UK commander in Iraq claims.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- A British soldier was killed yesterday in a clash with rebels in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the UK Defense Ministry announced on its Web site.
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British troops stormed the offices of rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Basra tonight after a British soldier was shot and seriously injured in an ambush.
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A British soldier has died and three others are wounded in incidents around Basra, a military spokesman says.
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After handing control of Basra province to Iraqi authorities at the weekend, British officials are hoping the region's economic development will hasten its path towards stability.
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British soldiers are feared injured after a "hostile incident" in the Iraqi city of Basra.
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A BRITISH soldier has been killed and another injured after clashes with militia forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.