Posted on 03/05/2004 4:58:46 PM PST by yonif
Four British soldiers have been injured when they came under attack while patrolling a village in south-east Iraq.
"We can confirm that UK patrols came under fire while patrolling the village of Qal at Sahil in the Maysan province," a ministry spokesman said.
"The patrol returned fire after receiving fire from heavy machineguns and a rocket-propelled grenade," the spokesman said, adding the injured soldiers were from the Second Light Infantry.
The four soldiers, whom the spokesman declined to identify, were admitted to the Shaibah military hospital near Basra where they were being treated for "non-life-threatening injuries", the spokesman said.
The British sector in the south-east corner of Iraq has been relatively quiet for the past few months.
In June 2003, six British military policemen were killed in an attack in Majar al-Kabir.
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