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Mob cheers as 5 British bodies killed in wreckage

British troops under Iraqi attack in Basra, Eye witnesses say a missile brought down a British military helicopter which crashed onto a house in Basra. "One of them belonged to a major, I could see his rank," said the man, Abu Zaid. "I saw the remains of the others." the chaos worsened, shooting broke out between the British soldiers and armed militiamen, and at least four people, including a child, were reported to have been killed in the mayhem. "It won't change a thing if the helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. It is a daily risk and sadly, one day, a few get hit."

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