Basra's governor said he would not cooperate with British troops until there was an apology for a raid to free two UK soldiers.
Britain had successfully retrieved 3 UK soldiers previously from Basra.
( z1 retrieve :ARG0 ( z2 country :name ( z3 name :op "Britain" ) ) :ARG1 ( z4 soldier :quant 3 :mod z2 ) :ARG2 ( z5 city :name ( z6 name :op "Basra" ) ) :ARG1-of ( z7 succeed ) :time ( z8 previous ) )