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Various of protesters chanting as they march along street2. Close up of banner: \"The British Soldiers Must Be Punished For Their Offences and Violations\"3. Wide shot of protesters marching along street4. Protesters stopped at...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eBasra\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of protesters chanting as they march along street\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close up of banner: \"The British Soldiers Must Be Punished For Their Offences and Violations\"\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide shot of protesters marching along street\u003cbr/\u003e4. Protesters stopped at line of Iraqi soldiers\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Baha Eddin Jamal Eddin, Basra Provincial Council:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Based on the series of attacks on our people in Basra, because the British forces persist in these continuous attacks without giving any reasons, explanations or coordination, the city council has decided to boycott and cease all contact between the British forces and all departments of the city council. The latest images broadcast on satellite TV stations show the humiliation of and aggression towards innocent protesters. We are shocked to see these images and I truly can confirm they will affect our future relations with the British forces.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Protesters marching along street\u003cbr/\u003eAmarah\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot of office of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr\u003cbr/\u003e8. Three young men seated: from left, Bassem Shaker, Tariq Abdul-Razzak and Ali Abdul Redha Hussein (who was allegedly with Shaker and Bariq and was allegedly abused by British soldiers that day)\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassem Shaker, alleged victim of abuse: \u003cbr/\u003e(Continued from last shot)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The British military police shot rubber bullets on us when we gathered in front of the provincial building. Then we started stoning them. Then they cuffed our hands with plastic handcuffs. They were beating us with fists and batons and were kicking us with their dirty shoes and also dragged us to their base, which is about 15 metres (yards) from the governor's office, where they also beat us and frightened us and at the end they detained us.\" \u003cbr/\u003e10. Exterior of Al-Sadr office in Maysan, pan to street \u003cbr/\u003e12. Governor's office pan to Amarah Governor Riyadh Mahoud\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Riyadh Mahoud, Amarah Governor: \u003cbr/\u003e\"That event which we saw on television happened in the provincial building and that was on January 2004. It occurred after a big demonstration condemning the British soldiers' raids and detentions in the province. The demonstration was suppressed by the British forces.\" \u003cbr/\u003e14. Top shot of street, pan to site where young men were allegedly beaten by British soldiers \u003cbr/\u003eIraqi authorities in the southern province of Basra severed all ties with Britain on Tuesday amid the furore over the alleged British military abuse of several Iraqi males in Amarah, 290 kilometres (180 miles) southeast of Baghdad, two years ago.\u003cbr/\u003eBritish military officials said the decision was regrettable. \u003cbr/\u003eThe provincial police chief said the move included all security cooperation and joint patrols conducted with British soldiers throughout the vast Basra province.\u003cbr/\u003eThe decision was reiterated by Baha Eddin Jamal Eddin, a member of Basra Provincial Council.\u003cbr/\u003eProtesters, many of them supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, marched on the British consulate in Basra, where they burned a British flag and shouted slogans against the alleged abuse.\u003cbr/\u003eBritish-Iraqi relations have been strained recently over British arrests of local police linked to killings and kidnappings and British security control over Basra International Airport.\u003cbr/\u003eAt least two Iraqis claiming to have been beaten by British soldiers during a 2004 demonstration said on Tuesday that they would take legal action against the British military and seek compensation. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Iraqis told reporters at a news conference organised by an office of al-Sadr that they were among more than 200 people protesting against the lack of jobs in the city of Amarah, 290 kilometres (180 miles) southeast of Baghdad.\u003cbr/\u003eBassem Shaker, aged 27, one of the alleged victims of the abuse said a group of British soldiers fired rubber bullets at them and detained several before beating them at their nearby base. \u003cbr/\u003eShaker said he didn't initially report the alleged abuse because he did not believe any officials would deal with their complaints because they involved British troops. \u003cbr/\u003eAn al-Sadr official said Shaker and Tariq Abdul-Razzak both claimed they had been beaten and requested help to sue the British military and seek compensation.\u003cbr/\u003eIt was not immediately possible to verify whether the Iraqis were those caught on the video allegedly shot by a British soldier which showed several Iraqis being punched, beaten with batons and kicked following a protest in Amarah in January 2004. \u003cbr/\u003eThe video footage first obtained by the British Sunday newspaper, the News of the World, and released on Sunday has sparked condemnations across the Middle East and Britain.\u003cbr/\u003eThe British military has launched an investigation and at least one man has been detained in relation to the probe. \u003cbr/\u003eAmarah Governor Riyadh Mahoud said, what he described as \"that event\", occurred after a big demonstration. \u003cbr/\u003eAt the time of the January 10, 2004 protest, the British military said shots were heard coming from among hundreds of protesters who had gathered in front of the office of the US-led coalition to demand jobs, and that Iraqi police, thinking they were under attack, opened fire. \u003cbr/\u003eWitnesses and officials said that British troops and Iraqi police had fired at armed, stone-throwing protesters, killing six people and wounding 11. \u003cbr/\u003eBritish soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the Light Infantry, which were based in Amarah at the time, were seen moving in with armoured vehicles to support the police, according to witness reports at the time. \u003cbr/\u003eAssailants in the crowd lobbed three explosive devices at them, believed to be hand grenades, the British military reported later that day. \u003cbr/\u003eAl-Sadr has strong support throughout southern Iraq and has been demanding the withdrawal of coalition forces throughout the country. \u003cbr/\u003eAlong with presenting the alleged Iraqi abuse victims to reporters, al-Sadr supporters have staged multiple protests against 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