Two UK, US troops killed

Published November 21, 2005

BAGHDAD, Nov 20: A British and a US soldier were killed on Sunday in Iraq as US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld vowed Washington would stay the course despite growing criticism of the war.

The killings followed two days of nationwide bombings in which at least 120 Iraqis were killed.

The British soldier died in Basra when his patrol vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb. Four other Britons were wounded in the blast, the military said.

The US soldier was shot dead north of Baghdad, the seventh US serviceman to die over the weekend.

In other violence on Sunday, an Iraqi policeman was killed and 11 civilians, including three children wounded in a spate of attacks. The latest unrest came as Iraqi leaders sought to overcome differences on organising a reconciliation conference.—Reuters

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