British soldier killed, three wounded in Iraq

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Source: Reuters

BASRA, Iraq, June 7 (Reuters) - One British soldier was killed and three wounded on Thursday when they came under machinegun and rocket-propelled grenade fire during a raid near the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the British military said.

A British spokesman in Basra, Major David Gell, said the dead soldier, from 4th Battalion The Rifles, was killed during an early morning search and detention operation in which five men were detained and a large arms cache uncovered.

The incident took place in the al-Atiya district northwest of Basra, he said.

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