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Iraqi troops clash with militia in southern Iraq

(18 Jan 2008) STORYLINE: 1. Various tracking shots of burning vehicles on road 2. Mid of two men crouching next to building and running for cover AUDIO gunfire 3. Man walking beside wall, AUDIO gunfire 4. Pan from men on street with guns to soldiers gathered around tank 5. Various of soldiers in tanks 6. Wide of soldiers patrolling streets 7. Tank on road beside burnt out car 8. Pan across road intersection with tanks and soldiers 9. Tank moving off down the road 10. Various of tanks and soldiers on road 11. Various of tanks moving down the road 12. Soldiers climb into truck with machine gun on roof 13. Various of masked soldiers on tank with weapons 14. Tank moves off down road 15. Various of armoured vehicles moving off down road STORYLINE: Violence left nearly 50 people dead in two of Iraq's major southern cities on Friday when members of a shadowy, messianic cult attacked police and fellow Shiite worshippers, authorities said. Some 36 people were killed in clashes in Basra, Iraq's second largest city, after cultists opened fire on a police patrol. Police torched a mosque belonging to the cult after militants fired at officers from within the house of worship, authorities said. They also shot at Shiite worshippers taking part in Ashoura observances, according to Basra authorities. No worshippers were injured. Basra police said those killed included two policemen, five gunmen and two civilians, including a 10-year-old boy and a female doctor. He also said six police were wounded and 30 militants were detained, including 22 who were wounded. The leader of the group in Basra, was among those who died police said. Police said 21 members of the group were detained. The attack came a year after Iraqi and American troops foiled a similar plot during Shiite Islam's most important holiday. Al-Qaida in Iraq was expected to be the main threat against this year's Ashoura processions, which Sunni Arab militants have repeatedly targeted with car bombings and mortar attacks that have killed hundreds since 2003, but it was Shiites who struck on Friday. The violence also spread to Nasiriyah, about 320 kilometres southeast of Baghdad, where police said at least 10 people were killed - seven policemen including two senior officers, two female civilians and one gunman. Around 50 people were injured after a gunmen stormed the building of a quick reaction force in the city, police said. The attack in Nasiriyah began when militants carrying yellow flags or wearing yellow headbands, the cult's colour, fired mortar rounds at a police station in Nasiriyah, and then engaged police in a shootout. The violence began around midday and was continuing into the evening, as US-led coalition jet fighters and helicopters were seen opening fire on a Nasiriyah police station seized by cult gunmen. There were conflicting accounts of what exactly happened, but it appeared the militants were the same Soldiers of Heaven cult that mounted a ferocious attack nearly a year ago after Iraqi security forces raided its lands near Najaf to foil an alleged plot to slaughter pilgrims and leading clerics during Ashoura. The assault was launched as hundreds of thousands of Shiites observed the Ashoura holiday, honouring their most beloved saint. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...