US military: Roadside bomb hits convoy in Basra, causes casualties

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Source: AP

BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. military says a roadside bomb hit 1 of its convoys in the southern city of Basra, causing casualties.

The military has given no further details.

AP Television News footage from Basra showed smoke rising from a vehicle burning on a highway overpass. U.S. troops and Humvees blocked access to the scene.



Read more: http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=8200812

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Bomb attack on British patrol in south Iraq

Baghdad - A bomb hit a British army patrol Monday in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, damaging a military vehicle, eyewitnesses said. The bomb went off as the British patrol was passing at a crossroad between Basra airport and Qaziz, north of Basra, 550 kilometres south of Iraq, the witnesses said.

Iraqi troops, seeking to clear Basra of Shiite militias, launched raids in Qaziza on Sunday, arresting several wanted suspects and seizing weapons.

more:http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/200296,extra-bomb-attack-on-british-patrol-in-south-iraq.html

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