Team Infidel
Forum Spin Doctor
Media: AFP
Byline:
Date: 16 October 2006
BASRA, Iraq, Oct 16, 2006 (AFP) - Unidentified assailants destroyed a
British diplomatic vehicle in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in the
southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday, witnesses and a British spokeswoman
said.
The armoured SUV was empty and was parked in central Basra when hit. A
member of the private security company hired to protect British Foreign
Office staff was wounded in the blast, which totally destroyed the vehicle.
A British embassy spokeswoman said that the security guard had been
standing nearby when the rocket hit and was taken for treatment of "minor
injuries".
Following the attack, which took place outside a political party's office
in the Saadia district of the city, local youths threw stones at the
abandoned jeep, flashed "V for victory" signs and posed for press
photographers.
Basra is in the area of southern Iraq patrolled by British troops. The city
is home to several armed Shiite militias, which often clash with each other
and with coalition forces in a battle for control of the oil-rich region.
Byline:
Date: 16 October 2006
BASRA, Iraq, Oct 16, 2006 (AFP) - Unidentified assailants destroyed a
British diplomatic vehicle in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in the
southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday, witnesses and a British spokeswoman
said.
The armoured SUV was empty and was parked in central Basra when hit. A
member of the private security company hired to protect British Foreign
Office staff was wounded in the blast, which totally destroyed the vehicle.
A British embassy spokeswoman said that the security guard had been
standing nearby when the rocket hit and was taken for treatment of "minor
injuries".
Following the attack, which took place outside a political party's office
in the Saadia district of the city, local youths threw stones at the
abandoned jeep, flashed "V for victory" signs and posed for press
photographers.
Basra is in the area of southern Iraq patrolled by British troops. The city
is home to several armed Shiite militias, which often clash with each other
and with coalition forces in a battle for control of the oil-rich region.