- Two British soldiers were killed and two others wounded
when gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) at their convoy in southern
Iraq.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Six British soldiers were killed in a June 24 attack
in Al-Majar Al-Kabir in the British-controlled south.
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- 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."
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- He could not immediately give more details.
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