Iraqi police open fire on British soldiers in unmarked car; 1 killed

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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/17/africa/ME_GEN_Iraq_British_Soldier_Killed.php

BAGHDAD, Iraq: The Iraqi Army said police shot and killed a British soldier riding in an unmarked car and wounded a second on Friday near the Kuwait border. The British military denied the report.

Iraqi Maj. Gen. Ali al-Moussawi said police opened fire after the vehicle did not stop at a roadblock. The shooting occurred shortly after 10 a.m. near the border city of Safwan, he said.

But Capt. Tane Dunlop, a British military spokesman, said the incident involved Iraqi police and a men working for a private security company. He said a Briton working for a security company was wounded and that British forces were investigating.

[AIJ Alom]

1. Probably former soldiers. Mercs in all likelihood.