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Russia calls in British defence attache over media reports on Iraq jets


    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has asked the British defence attache in Moscow to clarify media reports that British pilots had been given permission to attack Russian jets if they are fired on whilst flying sorties over Iraq, Interfax news agency reported on Sunday.

    The British attache said he would submit an official response in the near future, RIA news agency reported.

    (Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Janet Lawrence)