British guard killed in clash with Iraqi police

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BASRA, Iraq (AFP) — A British security guard has been killed and a Western colleague wounded in a clash with Iraqi police as they came searching for four colleagues kidnapped in the south. A police officer in the southern town of Al-Zubair said a group of six security guards crossed the border illegally and, when stopped by customs police, "clashed with them in which the Britisher was killed and an American wounded." The officer later clarified that the nationality of the wounded guard was unclear.

He said two women bystanders were also killed along with two policemen. The British and US militaries were not immediately able to confirm the deadly firefight. Four US security guards and an Austrian were kidnapped Thursday from Safwan near the Kuwaiti border. In a separate...