British soldiers attacked by furious mob in Kabul after American troops ram minibus

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British soldiers attacked by furious mob in Kabul after American troops 'ram minibus off road killing one'

British troops were attacked by mob in Kabul today after American troops sparked a riot by ramming a packed minibus off the road, allegedly killing one civilian.

Eyewitnesses said an American armoured personnel carrier smashed into the back of the minibus, as they raced along a highway on the outskirts of the capital.

'The minibus lost control and and swerved off the road into a crowd of people,' an eyewitness said.

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British troops were called to the scene yesterday, moments after the crash, when a convoy of foreign civilian contractors, who happened to be travelling behind the Americans, were surrounded by the mob.
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Eyewitnesses said there was a corpse, wrapped in a white shroud driven away in a taxi.

Afghan police claimed the Brits, based nearby at Camp Souter, opened fire on the crowd.

Kabul police chief Mohammad Ayoub Salangi said: 'The troops opened fire and killed one civilian and wounded three more.'

Nato and American officials insisted none of the soldiers fired a shot.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1090226/British-soldiers-attacked-furious-mob-Kabul-American-troops-ram-minibus-road-killing-one.html

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1. Things are getting uglier in the "good" war

But nobody could have predicted that, so the troops stay.