3 Coalition Soldiers Die In Southern Iraq
Three
soldiers have been
killed in an attack on a coalition forces’ base in
the former Shiite militia stronghold of
Basra.
The
U.S. military said
on Friday that the soldiers were killed late on
Thursday when their base near Basra's airport was
hit.
The
identity of the soldiers killed has not yet been
released and investigation into their deaths is
under way.
U.S.
troops recently took over for departing British
forces and are housed outside of Iraq's
second-largest city.
Violence has dropped off sharply, especially in
southern Iraq since last year, when U.S. and Iraqi
forces routed Shiite militias from their strongholds
in Basra.
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