Six British soldiers killed in Iraqi attack

Washington Times ^ | Wednesday, June 25, 2003 | By Steven Gutkin

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BAGHDAD — Six British soldiers were killed in a police station in southern Iraq and eight were wounded in a nearby ambush yesterday, marking the deadliest day of attacks on coalition forces since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.

The casualties were a shock to British troops occupying the largely Shi'ite south, which until now had been essentially free of the daily hit-and-run attacks plaguing American soldiers in central and western Iraq. British troops felt so secure they have been patrolling the country's second-largest city, Basra, without flak jackets or helmets.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2003

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The Washington Post is reporting that it was perhaps a mob of angry villagers that attacked the Brits and not so much organized insurgents.

Wash Post story