Two Foreign Guards Killed in Iraq

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen killed two foreign guards Sunday at a power station near the northern city of Mosul, and the British Foreign Office said one of the dead was a Briton.

As U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police sealed the area, witnesses reported two partly burned bodies, both clad in blue clothing and flak jackets, were seen beside a burning four-wheel drive vehicle. One victim had been shot in the head.

In London, the Foreign Office confirmed that one British national was killed. A second slain victim was not British, a spokesman said. He gave no further details.

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