Firefight breaks out near mosque in Basra

Tom Yossarian Joad

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Sun Jun-04-06 06:03 AM
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Firefight breaks out near mosque in Basra

Staff and agencies
04 June, 2006

22 minutes ago

BASRA, Iraq - A gunbattle broke out after Iraqi police surrounded a Sunni Arab mosque in the southern city of Basra early Sunday, leaving at least nine people dead, officials said.

The standoff occurred hours after police stormed four Sunni mosques in Iraq ‘s second-largest city late Saturday and Sunni clerics called on followers to gather in one of the shrines to protect it.

A little more: http://www.localnewsleader.com/olberlin/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=192129

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Kagemusha

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Sun Jun-04-06 08:36 AM
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1. Iron fist in action.

We'll see how that goes.

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Tom Yossarian Joad

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Sun Jun-04-06 08:49 AM
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2. It seems things are going to hell quicker and quicker

in Iraq.

They seem to have gone into hyperdrive in the last 48 hours.

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