Two UK soldiers killed in Iraq

Two British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in the southern Iraqi province of Maysan yesterday, the British military said, a day after British forces handed over the region to Iraqi security control. The deaths brought to 144 the number of...

Two British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in the southern Iraqi province of Maysan yesterday, the British military said, a day after British forces handed over the region to Iraqi security control.

The deaths brought to 144 the number of British soldiers killed in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003. This month has been a particularly bloody month for British forces, with 10 soldiers killed so far.

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