A US soldier was killed in a bomb blast in Baghdad and British troops came under fire in the southern port of Basra on Sunday. The soldier was killed and another was wounded in an improvised explosive attack at 7:45 pm (1645 GMT) in Baghdad Saturday, a military spokesperson said Sunday, according to AFP.
Meanwhile, scores of Saddam Hussein's followers in Basra have been assassinated as they try to regroup and attack occupation targets, the city's security chief told AFP.
"There have been too many political assassinations, dozens of them," said Colonel Mohammad Kazem Ahmad al-Ali, police director of internal security in Basra.
"These were liquidations of senior members of the previous regime who had committed crimes against the people," Ali said in an interview.
Locals said that members of the 20-to-30 political parties active in Basra have carried out the "revenge killings," targeting ranking members of the Baath party. (Albawaba.com)
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