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Iraqi forces attack English troops, also a helicopter has been shot

Bassora, Iraq - 8 hurted among the English troops, 2 in serious conditions

They would be the at least 8 English soldiers hurted this morning (2 in serious conditions) during a violent attack carried from the Iraqi resistance in the near the city of Al-Amarah, 200 km far from Bassora. It's the contingent part of the first Paratroops battalion, and in the ambush would be also involved a helicopter, damaged from a machine-gun spray of bullets, as reported some minutes ago...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 47170
Rome, Italy, 06/24/2003 16:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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