British troops evacuate Sadr's office in Basra after clashes

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BASRA, Iraq (AFP) - British troops withdrew from the office of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr in the southern Iraqi city of Basra after commandering the building in overnight clashes that wounded eight people.


A Sadr aide had threatened to attack British troops occupying the building.


"There will be reconciliation and a final solution will be followed by talks with all political parties, including the Basra governorate, to discuss the matter of compensation," Basra's national guard commander Brigadier Dhiaa al-Kadhimi said Saturday.


The British military had offered to repair the Sadr office following its raid, in which furniture and an outer fence were damaged, Kadhimi added.

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1. Mission accomplished! nt