BASRA city authorities last night declared they would no longer co-operate with British forces in southern Iraq, as the row caused by Monday's confrontation between UK troops and Iraqi police escalated.
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Speaking in London, John Reid, the Defence Secretary, insisted the dispute over the capture and forcible release of two SAS soldiers on Monday "will not affect the relationship between Iraq and Britain".
Yeah, it won't affect the relationship, except for the talking and cooperating part.
But a few hours later in Basra, the provincial city council held an emergency meeting and voted unanimously "to stop dealing with the British forces working in Basra and not to cooperate with them because of their irresponsible aggression on a government facility".
It's a good thing that the insurgents or what ever the nom du jour is are on their last throes, because surely the Brits wouldn't want to be stuck in Iraq with uncooperative Iraqis again.
