Police uncover weapons cache near blast site

Iraqi police have uncovered a large munitions cache in southern Iraq, near the area where a roadside bomb killed two British soldiers earlier this month.

Police uncover weapons cache near blast site

Iraqi police have uncovered a large munitions cache in southern Iraq, near the area where a roadside bomb killed two British soldiers earlier this month.

Police received a tip-off that munitions were being stored in the town of Ad Dayr, near the southern city of Basra, Major Charlie Burbridge, a spokesman for British forces in Iraq, said last night.

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