UK Soldier Killed in Iraq Attack

"A British soldier was killed and another was injured when their convoy was caught between two crowds and fired on with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades in southern Iraq.

Military spokesman Lieutenant Commander Richard Walters said the shooting occurred in the town of Ali as-Sharqiat 9:45 p.m. last night (local time) as the soldiers were returning from a raid in Ali al-Gharbi.

He said the soldiers met a crowd of about 30 people who formed a roadblock. Soldiers moved around the crowd, only to be stopped by a second crowd blocking the road near Fort Jennings.

Walters said the the soldiers got down from their vehicles, fired two warning shots trying to disperse the groups when the Iraqi's opened fire with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades, killing one soldier and wounding the second in the hand."

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