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Another UK Fatality in ActionTue, March 25, 2003Source: Ananova NewsA British soldier has been killed in action near Al Zubayr in southern IraqA British soldier has been killed in action near Al Zubayr in southern Iraq. The soldier, from the 1st Battalion The Black Watch, is the second British combat fatality. A British military source at Allied Central Command in Qatar said: "His next of kin have been informed and at the request of his family his name will not be released." His death follows that of a British soldier who died from his wounds after being shot while trying to calm civilian rioting at Al Zubayr on Sunday. He has been named as 33-year-old married father Sergeant Steven Roberts, from Bradford in West Yorkshire. Al Zubayr is 15 miles west of Basra, Iraq's second city, where British forces have been engaged in heavy fighting. |
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