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'Angry civilians killed six British troops'

80 Iraqis may also have died in firefight: The Independent

REUTERS, Majjar, Iraq
Six British soldiers killed on Tuesday were shot dead by Iraqi civilians angry at intrusive searches for weapons in a conservative Shi'ite Muslim town in southern Iraq, residents said yesterday.
The British government said six soldiers were killed and eight wounded in two separate incidents on Tuesday near the city of Amarah,
some 200 km north of Iraq's British-controlled second city, Basra.
Witnesses in the town of Majjar, 30 km south of Amarah, said the six were killed by residents after days of tension because of methods a British force used to search for heavy weapons.
At least two Iraqis died in Tuesday's clash at Majjar, residents said, adding that the British opened
fire with plastic bullets to control a crowd after days of tension.
There was no immediate comment from the British military on the report.
"These British soldiers came with their dogs and pointed weapons at women and children. As Muslims, we can't accept dogs at our homes,"
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Rabee al-Malki told Reuters.
Residents said the soldiers first came to the town to search for weapons on June 21. They burst into houses with dogs sniffing for weapons and with guns pointing at women and children.
After complaints from locals the British force agreed to halt the intrusive inspections, but two days later they returned with the same attitude, the residents said.
When the soldiers returned on Tuesday, thousands took to the streets to protest.
AFP from London adds: Six British 'military police' killed in southern Iraq were massacred inside a village police station where they had gone for a prearranged meeting, the Independent newspaper reported yesterday.
The British newspaper, which did not give its sources, said that up to 80 Iraqis were also believed to have been killed in a "prolonged and fierce firefight" Tuesday at Al Majjar Al Kabir, near Al Amarah.
The Sun newspaper reported that it was believed the policemen were surrounded by a large number of Fedayeen militiamen still loyal to ousted president Saddam Hussein, who opened fire and left no survivors.