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Oops! A British army tank drove over an oncoming Toyota on a public road on Monday, crushing the bonnet in the process. For the second time this year, a British tank has been involved in a public crash while out on exercise in Germany. This time a tank drove over the bonnet of Toyota which was being driven by an 18-year-old woman. The soldiers were able to rescue the woman from the car and no serious injuries were reported. In a similar incident in February, blamed on a mechanical failure, a British tank drove into the garden of an elderly...

Triumphant Royal Marine commandos yesterday mopped up the final traces of resistance in the south of Basra after the success of the first urban infantry assault of the war by British troops. Under cover from smoke shells fired by British gunners, troops from Delta Company of 40 Commando renewed the assault at first light, attacking two enemy positions, known by military planners using the operation's James Bond theme as Pussy and Galore. Attempts by Iraqi troops to flee from the British advance over the Shatt Al-Arab waterway were confounded when two boats crammed with soldiers were attacked by mortars and...

DEADLY: Marines with an anti-tank Milan missile launcher yesterday PROUD: Salute from a Challenger tank crew off for night patrol in Basra city HUMBLED: PoW is escorted away by British soldier at camp in south Iraq SADDAM GIVES TWO MEDALS IN SICK HONOUR TO SUICIDE KILLER SICK Saddam yesterday awarded two posthumous medals to the suicide bomber who lured four American soldiers to their deaths at an Army checkpoint. And as the killer, Ali Hammadi al-Namani,was named and hailed a hero on Iraqi TV, the country's Vice-President warned the US could expect MORE suicide attacks on its troops. Gloating...