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ANGRY PROTESTERS STORMED THE KUWAITI CONSULATE IN IRAQ'S BASRA AFTER THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A ROCKET ATTACK FIRED FROM THE DIRECTION OF KUWAIT, POLICE SOURCES SAID