Iraq: Police officer killed in clashes

British troops are investigating the death of an Iraqi police officer killed during clashes between coalition forces and insurgents near the southern city of Basra.

Lt Col. Karim al-Zaidi said a police captain was shot dead on Friday evening after being caught in the cross-fire between British soldiers and Iraqi insurgents during clashes in Zubayr, just west of Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, 340 miles south-east of Baghdad.