Briton on murder charge in Iraq

IRAQI authorities have arrested a British contractor on murder charges over the shootings early yesterday of a British and an Australian contractor in Baghdad’s protected Green Zone.

Briton on murder charge in Iraq

It was the second incident in less than three months involving contractor killings in the Green Zone and the suspected gunman could be the first westerner to face an Iraqi trial on murder charges since a new security pact took effect on January 1.

The two co-workers were shot and an Iraqi wounded with a pistol inside the vast area sealed off from the rest of the capital, said Iraqi military spokesman Qassim al-Moussawi.

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