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Four British soldiers killed in Basra and 4 US killed in Baghdad and US helicopter 'shot down' in Iraq
By: Various on: 05.04.2007 [10:50 ] (250 reads)
Four British soldiers killed in Iraq ambushBack to Central Government
Publisher: Ian Morgan
Published: 05/04/2007 - 10:49:49 AM Printable version
Four British soldiers have
been killed in Iraq Four British soldiers were killed today in an ambush in southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence said.
They and their Kuwaiti interpreter died after being hit by a roadside bomb while on a patrol west of Basra.
An MoD spokeswoman said: "It is with deep regret that we can confirm that four British soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in a roadside bomb attack against a Warrior patrol west of Basra this morning.
"Next of kin are being informed and no further details will be released until this process is complete."
Captain Katie Brown, a spokeswoman for the British military in Basra, said a fifth British soldier was seriously wounded in the incident.
The patrol came under attack at about 2am local time (11pm British time) in the Hayaniyah district west of Basra, she added.
Today's fatalities bring the British death toll for the past week to six.
On Sunday, Kingsman Danny John Wilson, 28, of Chindip Company, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, died after he was hit by small arms fire during a patrol in Basra City.
The soldier, from Workington, Cumbria, was taken to the multinational Basra Palace base, where he later died of his injuries.
The following day Rifleman Aaron Lincoln, 18, from Durham died after coming under attack from small arms fire while on a routine patrol in the Al Ashar district of central Basra.
The serviceman, of the 2nd Battalion, The Rifles, was evacuated to Basra Palace and then to the Field Hospital in the Contingency Operating Base at Basra Air Station but died later.
The soldiers were all inside their Warrior armoured vehicle when they died.
They came under attack from small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, but it was the roadside bomb that killed them.
The total death toll of British service personnel in Iraq since hostilities began now stands at 140, 109 of whom died in action.
Today's casualties are the worst loss in a single incident since four British service personnel were killed in an attack on a Multi National Forces boat patrol last November.
The past week has been the bloodiest week in the war-torn country since 10 British personnel died when an RAF Hercules crashed north west of Baghdad on January 30, 2005.
Photographs from the Associated Press news agency showed Iraqis appearing to celebrate the deaths.
One man held aloft a British military camouflage helmet while a young child grasped a piece of charred metal that was said to come from the wreckage of the Warrior.
In the background, other men waved and smiled.
The deaths came as the 15 British marines and sailors held in Iran for 13 days flew back to the UK to be reunited with their families.
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US helicopter 'shot down' in Iraq
A US helicopter has come down in southern Iraq after apparently coming under heavy fire from insurgents, according to reports by witnesses.
They said the helicopter came under attack near Latifiya, 40km (25 miles) south of the capital, Baghdad.
There is no information on any casualties or damage and the US military says it is investigating.
The US has lost more than 50 military helicopters in Iraq since the invasion with the death of several soldiers.
A major security operation in Baghdad has resulted in a decrease in the number of attacks on coalition troops there, the US military says.
However, the deaths of eight coalition soldiers were announced on Thursday - four British and four American.
I saw the helicopter move right and left before landing hard. It did not explode
Eyewitness
Bomb kills UK soldiers
The British soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack on the western edge of Basra city in southern Iraq.
A civilian interpreter was also killed - his nationality has not been confirmed.
And the US troops died in two separate incidents in Baghdad on Wednesday.
Pattern study?
"I saw a helicopter in the sky, then I heard heavy gunfire," said one witness, quoted by Reuters news agency.
"I saw the helicopter move right and left before landing hard. It did not explode."
An unnamed Iraqi official said the militants apparently were using an anti-aircraft machine gun.
At least nine US helicopters have crashed or been brought down by insurgent attacks in Iraq this year alone.
The attacks have raised fears that insurgents may be studying flight patterns or may have acquired more advanced weapons.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6528953.stm
US and UK troops killed in Iraq
The attack on a British patrol left a huge crater in
the road and shook nearby homes AFP
At least eight foreign soldiers have been killed and a US military helicopter reportedly shot down in a series of attacks across Iraq.
Four British soldiers and a civilian translator died in a roadside bomb blast near Basra while four US soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in Baghdad.
The British patrol was attacked with roadside bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms as it returned from an operation, Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Stratford-Wright, a British military spokesman, said.
"It the attack was against a multinational force warrior patrol. All of the soldiers were part of the British contingent," he said.
The main blast left a crater in the road at least a metre deep and several metres across.
"We heard two explosions that shook the house. I went out and saw one armoured vehicle that was completely destroyed and another with less damage. I saw some soldiers being taken away, but I don't know how many," one resident said.
"The chances of success in Iraq are essentially zero because the Iraqi people have no voice"
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The US military said the four American soldiers were killed by roadside bombs around the Iraqi capital.
The attacks follow a relatively quiet period in Baghdad, where US and Iraqi forces have deployed thousands more troops in an attempt to bring security to the city.
The US military was investigating reports that one its helicopters had been shot down south of Baghdad on Thursday.
"We are checking reports about a helicopter crash," a spokesman told AFP news agency.
Witnesses told Reuters news agency that heavy gunfire had forced down what they said was an Apache attack helicopter.
Nine US helicopters - including two operated by private security firms - have been downed in Iraq since January 20, most of them as a result of attacks from the ground.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C592171B-B351-4706-8218-B3287AA78B08.htm
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