Gunmen kill woman translator of British consulate in Iraq

Team Infidel

Forum Spin Doctor
Media: The Associated Press
Byline: n/a
Date: 26 August 2006


BASRA, Iraq_Gunmen in a speeding car opened fire Saturday on two sisters
working as translators for the British consulate, killing one of them and
seriously wounding the other, police said.

The two women were walking near their house in central Basra when they were
shot, said a police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he
is not authorized to speak to the media.

A man claiming to represent the Brigades of Imam al-Hussein, a known Shiite
militia, called an Associated Press reporter in Basra to take responsibility
for the attack.

The caller said the group is "giving Iraqi people the good news of killing
two agents who work for the British forces."

Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, is 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast
of Baghdad.
 
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