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Thu 04 Apr 2003Militia may have mortared villagers for taking aid
The villagers of Gul Ashab paid a terrible price yesterday for the welcome they have given to British forces distributing aid in the village.Jack Fairweather reports from Gul Ashab.
As dusk fell, five mortar rounds fell on the centre of the village, injuring one pregnant woman and several others in what appears to have been deliberate targeting by Iraqi militia forces. The woman lost her leg in the incident.
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