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Two British Soldiers Killed
In Southern Iraq Attack

8-14-3


Two British soldiers were killed and two others wounded when gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) at their convoy in southern Iraq.
 
Kuwait's state KUNA news agency said the convoy of five vehicles, including an ambulance, came under attack Thursday whilst travelling between the main city of Basra and Zubair further south.
 
If confirmed, the incident would be the second in which British soldiers have been killed in Shiite-dominated southern Iraq, which has been relatively calm compared to Sunni-populated regions in and around Baghdad where US soldiers regularly come under attack.
 
Six British soldiers were killed in a June 24 attack in Al-Majar Al-Kabir in the British-controlled south.
 
The spokesman for British forces in Iraq, Captain Hisham Halawi, told AFP there had been an "incident on the outskirts of Basra," but that "we're still investigating to find out if there were any injuries or deaths."
 
He could not immediately give more details.
 
 
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