IRAQ: A roadside bomb in the southern Iraqi oil city of Basra kills a British oil expert and an Iraqi security guard, wounding three other security guards

Record ID: 357341

  • Title: IRAQ: A roadside bomb in the southern Iraqi oil city of Basra kills a British oil expert and an Iraqi security guard, wounding three other security guards
  • Date: 20th June 2011
  • Summary: ZUBAIR INTERSECTION, BASRA, IRAQ (JUNE 19, 2011) (REUTERS) BRITISH SECURITY COMPANY SEALING OFF STREET NEXT TO BLAST SCENE DAMAGED FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE AT BLAST SCENE DAMAGED WINDOW OF VEHICLE VEHICLES BELONGING TOF BRITISH SECURITY COMPANY AT SCENE OF ATTACK IRAQI AND BRITISH SECURITY PERSONNEL LOOKING AT DAMAGED VEHICLE MORE OF SECURITY PERSONNEL INSPECTING THE
  • Embargoed: 5th July 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq, Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA5AOFIR5KHTN81RU8FKU3J5K9R
  • Story Text: A roadside bomb went off next to the vehicle of a British oil expert in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Sunday (June 19), killing the expert and an Iraqi security guard and wounding three other security guards, Iraqi army sources said.
    They said the incident took place near an intersection that leads to the main gate of Zubair town, about 20 km west of Basra.
    Members of the British security firm and Iraqi security forces were at the scene of the attack sealing off the area and inspecting the damaged vehicle.
    Basra, the strategic oil hub for the OPEC member country, has been relatively calm in recent years compared to the more restive northern and central parts of the country, where al-Qaeda affiliates are still more active.
    Eight years after the U.S. invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, violence in Iraq has fallen since a peak of sectarian conflict, but Sunni Islamist insurgents linked to al-Qaeda and Shi'ite militias continue daily bombings and assassinations.
    Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki says local forces are ready to contain any internal threat, but acknowledges gaps in air, naval and intelligence capabilities. U.S. officials say Maliki needs to ask soon if any troops are to stay.
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