Four British soldiers wounded in Missan mortar attack

Deutsche Presse Agentur
Published: Wednesday August 23, 2006

Baghdad- Four British soldiers were wounded in an insurgent mortar attack on their military base near the Iraqi city of Amara in the Missan governorate on Wednesday, British military sources said. The sources told the Iraqi news agency al-Dar that the attacks was on the Abu Naji military base, which British forces use as a regional headquarters.

The base, over 500 kilometers southEast of Baghdad, has been the target of a number of mortar and rocket attacks launched by insurgents.

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