Two British soldiers killed in roadside bomb attack in Iraq

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TWO British soldiers were killed today by a roadside bomb in Iraq, taking the death toll of UK servicemen in the country to 95. The two were travelling in an armoured Land Rover five miles east of Shaibah, in the British-patrolled Basra province, when the device detonated at 11.30am local time (8.30am UK time).

The attack on the convoy took place about 12 miles south of Basra.
No details of the soldiers' identities were released while the Ministry of Defence made contact with the soldiers' families. It was not immediately clear which regiment the soldiers were serving with, although the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards are among those serving in southern Iraq.

The mounting death toll in the country will bring renewed political pressure on to Tony Blair, at a time when the Prime Minister is trying to focus on his domestic agenda of "respect" by clamping down on antisocial behaviour.

The latest deaths bring the total number of British soldiers who have died in Iraq to 95 since the conflict began in 2003. British losses have been far fewer than those suffered by the larger US force, which is bearing the brunt of the fight against Sunni Arab insurgents in northern, western and central Iraq. Britain's force is largely based in the mostly Shiite southern Iraq, where support for the Shiite-led government in Baghdad is stronger.

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1893332005

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1. the Brits will have less patience than ever

with Mr. Blair aligning hinself with an incompetent asshole like bush.