Iraqi killed for working with British troops

Gunmen attacked two men who had been working with the British military in southern Iraq, killing one and wounding another.

Three men entered the Basra apartment where the two lived and shot them, said police Captain Alaa Khalil.

The wounded man Amer Hamoudi, said from his hospital bed that he works as a translator for British forces. It was not clear what was the dead man’s job.

A note left near the victims read: “This is the punishment of anyone who co-operates with occupation forces.”

Insurgents have targeted Iraqis working for foreign troops in Iraq because they are seen as collaborators with the coalition forces.