Two British Soldiers wounded in Iraq

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Two British soldiers hurt in Iraq

LONDON (*******) - Two British soldiers have been injured after their convoy was ambushed in southeast Iraq, the Ministry of Defence says.

The men were shot during an attack on a joint British Army and Iraqi Civil Defense Corps convoy late on Saturday near the town of Amara.

"Their injuries are not life-threatening," an MoD spokesman said on Sunday. He denied media reports that "fierce fighting" was raging around the town.

The soldiers' personal details and regiments will not be released.

Britain has the second biggest military force in Iraq after the United States. There are around 10,000 British troops in Iraq, most around the southern city of Basra.

Six British soldiers were killed and eight injured last June in two separate incidents near Amara after what the British army called a "misunderstanding" with locals over weapons searches.

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- hope they havent lost limbs of faculties. Hope things dont hot up.

[DeltaWhisky58]

Update from BBC News


Two British soldiers have suffered gunshot injuries during fighting in the Iraqi town of Al Almarah.
The men are serving with the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment, which is based in Canterbury, Kent, attached to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

Both suffered gunshot wounds, but their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening - they will not be named until relatives have been informed.

The Army said the fighting broke out at about 2000 GMT on Saturday.


A spokesman said it was not known who carried out the attack on the soldiers who were travelling with the Iraqi Civil Defence Corps, north-west of Basra.

The men were reported to be from the Territorial Army, but the Ministry of Defence was unable to confirm this.

Both soldiers are being treated at a military hospital and will be flown home on Monday.

Grenade attack

Last week, the commanding officer of the Argylls was flown back to the UK for emergency surgery after a vehicle he was travelling in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade which failed to detonate.

Lieutenant Colonel Jonny Gray, who suffered serious injuries, had been travelling with another soldier from the Argylls at the time of the attack.

Continuing incidents against both coalition forces and civilians have led to warnings of increased violence in the run-up to the planned handover of power on 30 June.

A pilot project by the UK to send failed Iraqi asylum seekers home has been suspended amid concerns over continued fighting.

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****! These guys seem to be from my old unit! 3 PWRR in Canterbury! They're meant to be coming back this month :(

[seruriermarshal]

Hope they safe ......

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The guys from howe barracks only shipped out to iraq a few weeks ago, it was in the local news, I live in Canterbury. All the squaddies I've met out in town were from Argyll's not PWRR

[Spearin]

Hope my Brother Argylls stay safe and kick some arse.

[martinexsquaddie]

hopefully it's not my brother he's due home next week :(

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The guys from howe barracks only shipped out to iraq a few weeks ago, it was in the local news, I live in Canterbury. All the squaddies I've met out in town were from Argyll's not PWRR

3 PWRR shipped guys out about November time last year. 3 PWRR have a TA Coy at Leros Barracks, near Asda...

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The guys from howe barracks only shipped out to iraq a few weeks ago, it was in the local news, I live in Canterbury. All the squaddies I've met out in town were from Argyll's not PWRR

3 PWRR shipped guys out about November time last year. 3 PWRR have a TA Coy at Leros Barracks, near Asda...

oh yeah I know where it is, it says "join the tigers, your local T.A." on it.