The government of Iraq has put on hold all its collaboration with British military forces deployed to that country, Al-Iraqiyah news network reported.

Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Safa al-Din Mohammed al-Safi said the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had condemned British troops for raiding the police information and security building in Basra, ordering all cooperation with British forces be suspended until completion of investigations into the matter.

"The prime minister has also ordered that legal action be taken against the perpetrators of the irresponsible act," he noted.

British servicemen, supported by U.S. forces, stormed the Basra police center in south of Iraq on Sunday helping 37 detained terrorists run away.

According to Iraqi police reports, the detainees had confessed to involvement in several terrorist and bomb attacks which claimed the lives of dozens of Iraqi civilians.

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