Reuters: British soldier killed in attack on Basra base

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British soldier killed in attack on Basra base
07 Nov 2006 09:44:00 GMT
Source: Reuters

LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A British soldier was killed during an attack
on an army base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the Ministry of
Defence said on Tuesday.

A spokeswoman said the coalition forces base was hit by small arms fire
during an attack by insurgents on Monday. One soldier from the 2nd
battalion Duke of Lancaster regiment was killed. There were no other
casualties.

Britain has 7,000 troops in southern Iraq, which has generally been calmer
than the centre and north of the country.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07685878.htm

Also from Reuters...

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 7
07 Nov 2006 11:20:46 GMT
Source: Reuters

Nov 7 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1100 GMT
on Tuesday.

-snip-

* BASRA - A British soldier on sentry duty at a base in central Basra was shot
and killed on Monday, the British military said on Tuesday.

-snip-

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died on Monday night from wounds sustained in a
roadside bomb attack on his vehicle in northwest Baghdad, the U.S. military
said.

-snip-

Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07661839.htm

EDIT: expanded second article

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1. Another one for the brit pile!

Grass Bush

Pile the bodies high in Austerlitz and Waterloo Iraq
Shovel them under and let me work--
I am the grass; bush; I cover all.

And pile them high in Gettyburg Baghdad
And pile them high in Ypres and Vedum Mossoul and Al Fallaujah

Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?

I am the grass bush.
Let me work.

Carl Sandburg


Support the war - Donate a Son a Daughter
The GOP working for a better America
God Bless America

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2. the insurgents sure are some bold motherfuckers.

i mean -- you know -- in their ''last throws'' and all.