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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3139019.stm
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Trouble flares again in Basra
Tempers over fuel and power shortages boiled over
Disturbances have broken out for a second day in the southern Iraqi city of Basra as frustration over fuel shortages took hold.
Two deaths were reported in the city as hundreds of youths took to the streets.
A Nepalese former Gurkha working for a private security company was shot dead in an ambush as he delivered mail for the United Nations, a Coalition Provisional Authority spokesman said.
And one Iraqi was also reported to have been killed, although it was unclear how this happened.
Streets were barricaded with burning tyres as tempers boiled over in temperatures of up to 57C and high humidity.
A British army spokesman stressed that the trouble was not on the scale of Saturday's violence when an estimated 2,000 people took to the streets.
But the spokesman did say that coalition troops were fired upon and gave fire in return, as well as giving warning shots.
'Not political'
Fuel shortages and electricity black outs have left air conditioning units and fridges without power.
"They did not give us what they promised, and we have had enough of waiting," said Hassan Jassim, a 19-year-old student at Basra's vocational school.
"It's not political. We don't have gas, power or salaries. I am not against this coalition, all I want is water," said Fadil Salman, a driver.
In pictures: Saturday's unrest
The UK forces had hoped to avert a repeat of Saturday's trouble by providing fuel in tankers and guarding the petrol stations.
But as the temperatures soared, hundreds of people took to the streets again.
Major Charlie Mayo, spokesman for the British and multinational forces in Basra, said the disturbances started when one petrol station raised its prices to black market levels because the fuel was becoming scarce.
He said: "We've got to find some fuel, and we are going to get that fuel in some tankers and get out to the fuel stations, and we'll maintain a presence at these fuel stations.
"We are going to make sure the fuel is sold at the correct price, not the black market price."
The BBC's correspondent in Iraq Mike Donkin said that order was restored on Saturday when Muslim clerics appealed for calm.
He said the British army was going to approach the clerics again on Sunday to ask them to repeat their appeal.
Looting
The fuel shortages have been exacerbated by some Iraqis bringing down power lines in order to loot valuable copper from the wires.
The resulting power cuts have meant the oil refinery has not been able to work and so diesel and petrol cannot be produced.
It is believed that Kuwaitis have also been smuggling cheap fuel out of Iraq.
"There is no fuel and our situation is terrible," said Abdul Karim al-Mussawi, 45, a construction worker.
Major Mayo insisted the trouble had been relatively minor, and not particularly anti-British in sentiment.
"Ninety-five per cent of Iraqis are working with us to get this country back on the road," he added.
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