News and Document archive source
copyrighted material disclaimer at bottom of page

NewsMinewar-on-terroriraqinsurgencyundercover-brits-basra — Viewing Item


Two britons detained for firing at police

Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)
   http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2005/September/focusoniraq_September106.xml§ion=focusoniraq

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2005/September/focusoniraq_September106.xml§ion=focusoniraq

Two Britons detained in Iraq for firing at police
(Reuters)

19 September 2005

BASRA, Iraq - Violence erupted in Basra on Monday after Iraqi authorities said they had detained two British undercover soldiers in the southern city for firing on Iraqi police.

Witnesses said an angry crowd tried to set a British tank ablaze and attacked a soldier with stones after two Britons dressed in civilian clothes were seized.

An Iraqi official said the British military had informed him that the two men were undercover soldiers and that an Iraqi judge was questioning them.

“They were driving a civilian car and were dressed in civilian clothes when a shooting took place between them and Iraqi patrols,” the official told Reuters.

“We are investigating and an Iraqi judge is on the case questioning them.”

Reuters photographs showed one of the two men with a bandage on his head.

Mohammed Al Abadi, an official at the Basra governorate, said the two men looked suspicious to the police.

“A policeman approached them and then one of these guys fired at him. Then the police managed to capture them,” Abadi told reporters.

“They refused to say what their mission was. They said they were British soldiers and (suggested) to ask their commander about their mission,” he added.

Witnesses said violence broke out in Basra after the arrest, with a crowd of Iraqis trying to set a British tank on fire.

Reuters television footage showed the tank trying to reverse away from trouble after it came under attack, apparently from petrol bombs as a crowd gathered around it.

Within moments flames emerged from the top of the tank, although it was not clear if the vehicle itself was on fire or if the flames came from materials burning on top of the tank.

One soldier climbed out of the tank’s hatch and jumped clear of it, as the crowd pelted him with stones.


2 british soldiers caught trying to plant explosives { September 20 2005 }
Basra crisis talks as tensions rise { September 21 2005 }
Basra jail after brits ap [jpg]
Basra seized [jpg]
Bbc article twists truth and blames insurgents { September 21 2005 }
British attack basra jail to free two
British commandos fired on iraqi police { September 19 2005 }
British destroy rogue basra police hq { November 2006 }
British free 76 iraqis from basra police head quarters { December 26 2006 }
British soldiers dressed like arabs fired on police patrol { September 19 2005 }
British special service pays insurgency in cash { August 28 2005 }
British special services men dressed as arab men
British tanks spring prisoners in iraq { September 19 2005 }
British vehicles cash into basra jail { September 19 2005 }
Brits abandon burning tank { August 2005 } [jpg]
Brits dressed as iraqis fire at police { September 20 2005 }
Brits equipment confiscated [jpg]
Brits planned explosions to blame on alsadr { September 22 2005 }
Brits to leave basra { February 21 2007 }
Captured brits footage still [jpg]
Confiscated from two british soldiers [jpg]
Confiscated from two british soldiers2 [jpg]
Friend or foe challenge in basra { September 21 2005 }
Insurgents turn out to be brits { August 2005 }
Iraq judge seeks arrest of freed british soldiers
Iraqi police arrested over sas kidnapping { November 2006 }
Iraqi police protest after british raid { August 2005 }
Iraqis blame brits for sectarian divisions
Iraq_burning_tank_cp_8477479 [jpg]
News clips of events in basra undercover brits { September 19 2005 }
Sas agents in brought in explosives from iran
Sas officers held in basra [jpg]
Soldiers in flames abandon burning tank
Two britons detained for firing at police
Undercover britons held after basra shootings { September 19 2005 }
Undercover brits captured in basra [jpg]
Undercover brits detained after shootout { September 20 2005 }
Violence after brit army assault freeing undercover brits { September 20 2005 }

Files Listed: 38



Correction/submissions

CIA FOIA Archive

National Security
Archives
Support one-state solution for Israel and Palestine Tea Party bumper stickers JFK for Dummies, The Assassination made simple