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Basra bomb kills contractors Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1904382005 http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1904382005 11:57am (UK) Basra bomb 'kills contractors' British forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra were investigating a roadside bombing which is believed to have killed several security contractors. Iraqi police chief Lieutenant Colonel Karim al-Zaidi said the bomb hit a convoy of "security contractors, killing three of them and wounding one". Earlier reports said four people died. He said the nationalities of the victims were not known, although reports on the ground suggested they were Americans. In London, the Foreign Office said those affected were not British. The FCO also dismissed initial reports which suggested the bomb had targeted a British diplomatic convoy. A spokesman stressed: "It was not a UK diplomatic convoy." Local British spokesman Darren Moss confirmed the bombing, but said no military forces were involved. He added that "the casualties have been evacuated to a medical centre", but gave no further details. At the Ministry of Defence in London, a spokesman said: "An investigation to establish the exact circumstances of the incident is now under way. We can confirm that no British forces, or multinational forces' troops, were involved. "British forces are now on the ground and have cordoned the area. The incident is ongoing. Details will be released as they become known." © Copyright Press Association Ltd 2005, All Rights Reserved.

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