British Military Destroy Jail in Basra to Free Soldiers

The British military destroyed a jail in Basra to free two of its soldiers who were taken by "Iraqi police" (or terrorists posing as police).

The clashes, which involved members of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Al Mahdi army, apparently began when British commandos fired on Iraqi police, who took them into custody.

Tanks then bore down on the jail, knocking down a wall before the men were freed -- along with dozens of other detainees who took advantage of the chaos to escape, according to local reports and news agency accounts.

I'm curious to see how it's viewed in the UK press. The Minister of the Interior already demanded that they were to be returned, which leads me to believe the soldiers were taken by a small group of recalcitrant thugs.