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Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:57am EDT
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi court on Sunday cleared two Iraqis accused of killing six British soldiers who were attacked by a mob during a protest in southern Iraq in 2003, saying there was not enough evidence to convict the men.
Hamza Hutayir Mohammed, 33, and Mousa Ismael Haider, 39, had been charged in the deaths of six Royal Military Police soldiers in the town of Majjar, where residents had stormed a police station during a protest against intrusive weapons searches in their homes.
"We didn't find enough evidence," the judge, Baligh Hamdi, said after hearing from witnesses and dismissing the charges. "Our ruling was built on what we found from the evidence."
Residents of the Shi'ite town said troops provoked the violence by conducting weapons searches in violation of a deal with local leaders.
A 2006 inquest in Britain heard that the soldiers, members of a unit known as the "Red Caps," died after being beaten and repeatedly shot at close range following the attack on the police station.
The Iraqi court's ruling can be appealed.
"We know that the families of the victims will be very disappointed and our thoughts remain with them, but we have no choice but to respect the decision of the Iraqi judges," the British Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
"They will have weighed up the credibility and reliability of the evidence before reaching their verdict. However, this is not the end. Seven further arrest warrants remain outstanding and are being actively pursued by the Iraqi authorities."
(Reporting by Muhanad Mohammed; Editing by Jim Loney)
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