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Four UK servicemen killed
Four UK servicemen killed
Last Modified: 12 Nov 2006
By:
Roz Upton
Four British servicemen have been killed - and three are seriously hurt - after an attack near Basra in southern Iraq.
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The Ministry of Defence said a multi-forces patrol boat was hit on a routine patrol in the Shatt-al-Arab waterway, just before one pm local time.
The three casualties are being treated in hospital but some of their injuries are potentially life-threatening.
Now, 125 British servicemen have lost their lives in Iraq since hostilities began.
Just before we came on air I spoke to Captain Tane Dunlop, spokesman for British military forces in Basra.
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