Drone_pilot
02-05-04, 12:49
Six British soldiers have been injured after a foot patrol came under fire in the southern Iraqi city of Amarah.
One of the party was seriously injured and evacuated to a military hospital at Shaibah, on the outskirts of Basra.
The attack sparked a seven-and-a-half hour gun battle with insurgents in the city centre which left five Iraqis dead, according to witnesses.
The Iraqis killed were said to be members of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr's Mehdi Army.
British Royal Air Force Squadron Leader and military spokesman Jonathan Arnold said the clashes were still ongoing.
"There is some ongoing unrest in the city right now. There are ongoing follow-up operations going on now," he said.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3677255.stm)
One of the party was seriously injured and evacuated to a military hospital at Shaibah, on the outskirts of Basra.
The attack sparked a seven-and-a-half hour gun battle with insurgents in the city centre which left five Iraqis dead, according to witnesses.
The Iraqis killed were said to be members of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr's Mehdi Army.
British Royal Air Force Squadron Leader and military spokesman Jonathan Arnold said the clashes were still ongoing.
"There is some ongoing unrest in the city right now. There are ongoing follow-up operations going on now," he said.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3677255.stm)