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BASRA, July 24 (KUNA) -- A big fire erupted on Tuesday in a presidential
complex housing British military forces in downtown Basra, eyewitnesses said.
The fire broke out after the presidential complex has been attack by mortar
shells by unknown gunmen.
The eyewitnesses from Al-Baradiya residence said armed men attacked the
complex using mortar shells which resulted in a big cloud of smoke over it and
fires inside the complex.
Sirens were heard inside the complex and it is still difficult to determine
British human and material loses stationed there, eyewitnesses said.
British forces have yet to make a statement about the incident. (end)
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