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Brit appointed Basra chief exposed as former Ba'athist

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Saturday April 12, 2003 23:20author by liberation from Saddam, time for liberation from US/UK too

Violence broke out in Basra after a sheikh, asked by Brit commanders to become new leader of the province was revealed to be a former brigadier general in Saddams army and one time member of the Ba'athist party.

Several hundred protesters hurled stones at his house as he met other local dignitaries to discuss how to restore order in Basra. Iraqi Sayed naim al-musawi said of the Brits"We don't want them to tell us what to do. It's insulting to educated people that anyone from the coalition forces would appoint such a person into such a position. Coalition forces are just reinstating Saddams henchmen".

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