British soldier killed in Basra bombing

[Arwen]

A soldier killed in a roadside bombing in Basra is the 100th member of the British armed forces to die in action since the start of hostilities.
The blast near the US consulate wounded a number of Iraqi civilians. An Army spokesman said the soldier had been taking part in a routine patrol in the al-Ashar district of southern Basra at the time.
The figure takes the total number of UK military personnel to die in the country to 131. Two weeks ago, 18-year-old Private Michael Tench from Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, was killed in the city in a similar attack.
Meanwhile, a new US command centre to co-ordinate strategy against Iraqi insurgents has begun operations in a bid to stabilise the capital Baghdad as sectarian violence between majority Shi'ites and once-dominant Sunnis continues.
Over 1,000 people have died in the country since last week. Today, two car bombs in separate neighbourhoods in the capital have killed 18 people and wounded 60 while on Sunday, 15 people died in mortar attacks in the Adhamiya district.
Twenty died in other incidents while 42 people were murdered in execution-style killings. On Saturday, 135 people were killed and over 300 injured in a suicide truck bombing - the worst single atrocity since the March 2003 invasion.
Military officials have said the joint US-Iraqi campaign will be on a scale not yet seen in almost four years of violence. In the past fortnight, 21 American personnel have died in mostly airborne attacks, bringing the US death toll to almost 4,000.
Colonel Doug Heckman said: "It's going to be an operation unlike anything this city has seen. It's a multiple order magnitude of difference, not just a 30 per cent, I mean a couple hundred per cent."
Major General William Caldwell said of the Baghdad plan: "It is important to acknowledge that it will not turn the security situation overnight. People must be patient.
"Give the government and coalition forces a chance to fully implement it. It will take some time for additional Iraqi and US forces to be deployed."
US President George W Bush is sending 21,500 reinforcements to Iraq in a bid to stem

How many more of our troops are they going to send out there,how many more must loose there lives before they take notice that sending more troops out there is not helping,sorry folks but this is a subject that is close to my heart, anyone who knows me will know why

[TGLucario]

we should just bring our troops back, so we dont lose any more !!

[Oyabun]

Originally Posted by Tankgirl

How many more of our troops are they going to send out there,how many more must loose there lives before they take notice that sending more troops out there is not helping,sorry folks but this is a subject that is close to my heart, anyone who knows me will know why

Not just troops but heaps and heaps of civilians have been killed for no reason, its just chance i guess may they RIP

[Setarime]

Totally agree babe, we should just withdraw and let them get on with it, but while George 'Master of the universe' Bush is in power there is no chance of that