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British Forces in Iraqi Jailbreak

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by admin | September 19, 2005 at 5:46 pm UTC

British forces using tanks broke down the walls of the central jail in the southern city of Basra late Monday and freed two Britons, allegedly undercover commandos, who had been arrested on charges of shooting two Iraqi policemen.

Witnesses said about 150 Iraqi prisoners also fled in the jailbreak.

Violence flared earlier in the day as demonstrators hurled stones and Molotov cocktails at British tanks; at least four people were killed.

Source: MSNBC, Reuters.

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