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BRITISH troops in the town of Az Zubayr have found a children’s health centre that has been taken over by the Iraqi militia and converted into an armoury. Enough children’s medicine for 10,000 treatments was found unopened next to rooms packed with rocket-propelled grenades, AK47 rifles and ammunition. British commanders were tipped off that the clinic had been taken over by Baath Party and militiamen. Troops stormed the building after armed men were seen leaving yesterday morning. Militiamen have launched a series of attacks on British soldiers in the town, and it is thought Thursday’s assault on a site used...