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| Monday, 09 June 2008 21:33 | |||
 The British occupation base at the Basra International Airport came under attack with indirect fire during the early hours of Monday but caused no casualties or damage, the British Occupation Forces in southern Iraq said."The base came under attack with more than 10 Katyusha rockets but left no casualties or damage," the spokesman for the occupation forces in Basra, said. British occupation soldiers were stationed in one base - the Basra International Airport, 25 km northeast of the province - after handing over the former presidential palaces, which they took as a military base, to the Iraqi forces. Britain was the United States' prime ally in the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. Ceremonies to hand over security responsibilities in Basra province from the British forces to the Iraqi authorities took place at the Basra International Airport in December 2007.
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