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What do they call that style of attack we(imperialists) been using for hundreds of years.. move in to foriegn terroritory push people around and when they push back we kill em all and say it was in defence.. plant our flag and setup for the next move?
we learned some of the tactics from the british..

oh and what'dya think of these people defending thier town?

Shia anger at British search for arms
By Charles Clover in Majar, Iraq
Published: June 25 2003 19:03 | Last Updated: June 25 2003 19:03

The main street in the town of Majar, Iraq, is pocked with bullet holes and scorchmarks where a running gun battle between town residents and British forces claimed the lives of six British soldiers and five Iraqis on Tuesday.

In the courtyard of the police station, around the corner from the main street, the smell of cordite still filled the air on Wednesday and shell casings could still be found on the ground. Five of the six British soldiers made their last stand there, before being wiped out, residents say.

In all, it was the bloodiest day for coalition troops since the end of the military campaign in late April. In a separate incident on Tuesday, eight soldiers were injured, three seriously, when a British patrol south of Majar was ambushed and a helicopter dispatched to support them came under fire.

On Wednesday British forces had withdrawn from the town, having pounded it on Tuesday with helicopter gunships, according to residents. The violence there served notice that an aggressive weapons confiscation campaign, begun throughout Iraq on June 15, could have serious consequences in the conservative rural Shi'a areas like Majar.

"They forgot we are Shi'a Muslims," said Haji Sami Jumi, a local tribal sheikh. "You cannot come into my house and see my wife. It is forbidden and they know this perfectly well. We had great relations with the British, we always treated them with respect, but they must respect our rights as well."

The problem in Majar started on Sunday, when a dawn raid by British troops with dogs aimed at confiscating weapons angered residents.

"They kicked down our doors," said a man sitting at the police station named Abu Zahra on Wednesday. "When our dogs barked, they shot our dogs."

The next day, the town held a demonstration against the continued searches.

The majlis - town council - of Majar told the British commander in the town that they needed a week to hand over heavy weapons. Mr Zahra has a photocopy of the written warning they gave, insisting no further intrusive searches should take place. British army spokesmen declined to confirm this on Wednesday.

Then, on Tuesday, at around 7am, four British army Landrovers drove into the town.

Abdul Zahir, a grease-covered mechanic, witnessed the scene from his garage on the street. Two of the cars drove about a kilometre down the main market street, then according to Mr Zahir, roughly a dozen soldiers dismounted, and began walking back in patrol formation.

Town residents said they were angry at what they saw as a violation of an agreement forbidding troops from entering the town. Children started pelting the soldiers with stones and rotten vegetables. The soldiers started shooting in the air, and soldier struck a child with his rifle butt.

A circle of stones and a white chalk mark in the shape of a corpse identifies the spot where the first town resident was shot. British forces say the attack on them was unprovoked, residents say the the British soldiers shot first, hitting Tayseer Abdul Wahed, a pregnant woman, and an ambulance driver who had come to attend to the injured boy.

"The British soldiers panicked. They began to aim their weapons at the people," said Mr Jumi. "We were defending ourselves after they shot four of our people."

According to residents, the family of Mr Wahed, a tribe named the Beni Malek, began to shoot at the soldiers at this point with Kalashnikov assault rifles.

Mr Zahir saw a soldier tell the drivers of the two vehicles to get out, don gear and begin fighting. He said the soldiers split into groups, five running up the street next to the cultural centre, laying prone and sweeping the street with rifle fire.

Another group of five made a right turn to the police station, defended by a high wall and another group went in the direction of the hospital.

"The soldiers at the police station were surrounded," said Abu Zahir. "They fought for an hour, but in the end they were all killed, God rest them."

Another soldier was killed near the cultural centre, residents said.

In all 16 town residents were injured and 5 killed.

"The soldiers fought very well," said Mr Zahir. "They were brave men, but we are born with guns in our hands, and no one can ever take them away from us. Saddam couldn't and no one can."