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(From Belfast Telegraph)

Byline: Michael McHugh

The first death of a former policeman from Northern Ireland in Iraq may make Ulster recruits think twice about working as a security guards in the Middle East, whatever the cash rewards, politicians and police representatives said last night.

Former Belfast Lord Mayor Jim Rodgers described as a "tragedy" the death of 48-year-old former RUC member Ken Hull in a Basra road blast on Saturday.

Mr Hull, who is understood to have been a past member of the Full-Time Reserve, was in a convoy of three vehicles carrying staff from the British consulate when it came under attack.

The victim, one of two guards killed, was working for the Control Risks security contractors, who are ...

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