Shiite radicals kill British soldier, down drone in Iraq city

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040409/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_amara_britain_toll&cid=1514&ncid=1480

AMARA, Iraq (AFP) - Shiite Muslim militiamen have killed a British soldier after shooting down a drone over the southern Iraqi town of Amara, Iraqi police told AFP.


"At 10:15 pm (1815 GMT) Thursday, rebels opened fire on a pilot-less aircraft and shot it down over a public park in the Hay al-Hussein area of Amara," said warrant officer Mohammad Attiya Obeid, who witnessed the incident. snip


Shortly afterwards, a unit of about 20 British soldiers arrived on the scene of the crash and the rebels opened fire "killing one British soldier and wounding two others," the police officer said, adding that the unit immediately pulled back.

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[Flagg]

1. BRING' EM ON ! cried the AWOL CHIMP

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Assuming it was a Predator?

It never said... are there others in use (British)?

[Florida_Geek]

3. I hate to say it, but this is Britain

the drone is probably a cheaper version of the Predator, probably called something like Mouser. :)