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BASRAH BEING DISARMED -

*U.K. military forces have reportedly begun disarming some policemen in Al-Basrah following a surge of kidnappings and killings linked to members of the police force... Al-Basrah's police chief said last year that as many as three-quarters of the city's police have links to militias.*

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