Crowds of Iraqis infuriated by the occupation of their country... as well as the Israeli assassination of Palestinian leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, attacked British occupation troops in broad daylight in the city of Basra, Iraq, March 22nd. British troops are shown covered in flames from a petrol bomb thrown during the violent protest. According to witnesses and Iraqi police at the site, 2 Iraqi police officers and at least 2 British troops were injured in the disturbance, which occurred in front of central Basra's Ashar police station. Later an explosion injured 13 of the British troops but caused no fatalities. (REUTERS/Atef Hassan)