British soldier killed in Iraq

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Source: Press Association

A British soldier has been killed in Basra, southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.

The soldier, from the 4th Battalion The Rifles died after an indirect fire attack on the Provincial Joint Co-ordination Centre in Basra early on Wednesday morning.



Read more: http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/british+soldier+killed+in+iraq/567587

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1. British major killed in Basra named

Source: The Guardian

6.30pm
British major killed in Basra named

Mark Tran
Thursday June 21, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

The Ministry of Defence tonight named the soldier who was killed
in southern Iraq during a mortar attack on a military base early
yesterday morning.

Major Paul Harding, 48, a company commander in the 4th Battalion
The Rifles, formerly the Royal Green Jackets, is one of the highest
ranking British officers to die since the 2003 invasion.

Maj Harding, described as a "courageous" and highly respected
officer, was killed after the provincial joint coordination centre
in Basra - a small and very isolated outpost in the centre of the
city - came under fire.

Today, his colleagues paid warm tributes to the major, who lived
in Winchester with his wife and two sons.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2108557,00.html

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2. The 153rd Brit killed since the invasion

We've lost 194 since May 1 of this year....