Two more British soldiers die in Iraq

[Eugene]

Source: The Times

August 9, 2007
Two more British soldiers die in Iraq

Two British soldiers were killed and another two seriously
injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq this morning, the MoD
confirmed today.

The soldiers, from the 1st Battalion The Irish Guards, had
been in a convoy to the north of Rumaylah oilfields, to the
west of Basra just after midnight when the attack happened.

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Britain has now lost four soldiers in Basra in one week, as
the Shia Mahdi Army increases its attacks in the southern
city.

"It is with deep regret that we can confirm that two British
soldiers from 1st Battalion The Irish Guards were killed and
another two were seriously injured by an Improvised Explosive
Device attack this morning," the MoD statement said.

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Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article2228896.ece

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Related: Two British soldiers killed in Iraq on Thursday 9 August 2007 - Defense Internet

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Source: Reuters

Four British troops killed in Iraq in 48 hours
09 Aug 2007 13:10:57 GMT

BASRA, Iraq, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Two British soldiers were killed
in Iraq early on Thursday, taking the death toll to four in about
48 hours.

The Irish Guards soldiers killed shortly after midnight were in a
convoy hit by a roadside bomb near the Rumaila oil fields, west
of Baghdad. Two other soldiers were seriously injured.

British-patrolled southern Iraq has become more dangerous for
British troops since the government announced in February that
London would cut back its force during the course of 2007.

In the April-July period, 30 British soldiers died in Iraq, making
it the deadliest period since the 2003 invasion when Britain had
nine times as many troops as the 5,500-strong contingent it has
deployed now.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/GRA943801.htm

[0007]

1. Two more for the foreigners 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


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