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Oh dear — they are fighting back and using unorthodox methods!
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Keith Teare
May 03, 2016
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This is from The Times in London

BRITISH Forces beat a tactical retreat from Basra yesterday as they abandoned hopes of taking swift control of Iraq’s second city.

A British soldier was killed near al-Zubayr, south of the city, as units of the 7th Armoured Brigade, the Desert Rats, came under sustained mortar fire and unexpected resistance in areas outsid…

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