Iraq: More British troops die in useless Landrovers
timesonline: Two British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq last night, the Ministry of Defence said today.
The men, members of the Queen's Dragoon Guards, were on a routine patrol in the north-west of Basra when their armoured Land Rover was hit by the homemade device at 9.30pm local time (1830 BST).
Two other British troops were injured in the blast which is the latest in an upsurge of violence against British forces in the port city. Their deaths bring the number of British personnel killed in the area to nine this month, and 113 since the invasion of March 2003. Read more
db: 'Armoured Landrover'? See Iraq: More Brit soldiers die in Land Rover - scroll to bottom of page for details of what real armoured vehicles look like. Soldiers die in Iraq because the UK sends them on patrol in 'snatch vehicles' - offering composite glass fibre 'protection'.
If this is not the case - if the Land Rovers have been upgraded since we first started banging on about these vehicles - then please tell us MoD [regular visitors] and we will post - or email in confidence - see sidebar.... and whilst you are at it you may like to comment on this: Iraq: Australians reject inferior British body armour
[Of course we won't hear anything].
The men, members of the Queen's Dragoon Guards, were on a routine patrol in the north-west of Basra when their armoured Land Rover was hit by the homemade device at 9.30pm local time (1830 BST).
Two other British troops were injured in the blast which is the latest in an upsurge of violence against British forces in the port city. Their deaths bring the number of British personnel killed in the area to nine this month, and 113 since the invasion of March 2003. Read more
db: 'Armoured Landrover'? See Iraq: More Brit soldiers die in Land Rover - scroll to bottom of page for details of what real armoured vehicles look like. Soldiers die in Iraq because the UK sends them on patrol in 'snatch vehicles' - offering composite glass fibre 'protection'.
If this is not the case - if the Land Rovers have been upgraded since we first started banging on about these vehicles - then please tell us MoD [regular visitors] and we will post - or email in confidence - see sidebar.... and whilst you are at it you may like to comment on this: Iraq: Australians reject inferior British body armour
[Of course we won't hear anything].
posted by exoplanet at 2:24 PM
<< Home