Iraq province cuts links with British army after deadly clashes

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Iraq province cuts links with British army after deadly clashes
by Fadhel Mushatat

AMARA, Iraq (AFP) - A provincial council in southern Iraq has suspended all cooperation with the British military after overnight clashes between troops and Shiite militiamen left five Iraqis dead.

The violence in the Maysan provincial capital of Amara, in which a British soldier was also wounded, cast a shadow over British plans to hand over patrolling of the province to the fledgling Iraqi security forces this summer.

"We in the province of Maysan are in mourning for the shedding of the innocent blood of our martyrs and the injuring of old men, women and children by the occupation forces," the provincial council said in a statement on Sunday.

It ordered a halt to all cooperation with British troops, and demanded an inquiry into the deaths and the intervention of the central government in Baghdad.

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[Halliburton]

1. WHAT?

BUT WE ELIMINATED ZARQAWI???? THIS CAN'T BE POSSIBLE!