Ugly scene in Basra - 4 UK soldiers killed in ambush - some Iraqis celebrate

[sabra]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/05/iraq.main/index.html

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The four British troops and a civilian translator were ambushed early Thursday as they returned from a mission west of the southern city of Basra, British military spokesman Lt. Col. Kevin Stratford-Wright said.

Insurgents wielding small arms and rocket-propelled grenades attacked the troops' armored Humvee about 340 miles (547 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, said Stratford-Wright. A roadside bomb also was employed in the attack, he said.

The soldiers fired back and "one or more of the attackers were killed," the spokesman said.

A British soldier was hospitalized after being seriously wounded in the fray.

The troops were attacked earlier in the night as well, but they escaped the first incursion without casualties, Stratford-Wright said.


Iraqi children inspect a crater Thursday that they said resulted from a roadside bomb targeting a British military patrol in the southern city of Basra.


Iraqis celebrate as they carry helmets and metal remains that they said came from the site of the Basra attack. Four British troops died in the ambush.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Sure, the invaders are going "win" that war. Sure.

Look at the people in that picture. They are the "enemy", common Iraqis.

[Vinca]

2. This is sickening. We - and the Brits - need to leave now. nt

[bluerum]

3. Oh yeah. They just love us being over there. eom

[butterfly77]

4. Of course they are...

winning hearts and minds...