Post by Taxigirl on Nov 8, 2004 10:31:31 GMT
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3990419.stm
Two UK soldiers are being treated in Germany for serious leg injuries after their vehicle was rammed by a suicide bomber in Iraq.
The bomb disposal experts were working with the Black Watch battle group stationed at Camp Dogwood, 20 miles (32km) from Baghdad.
The MoD said they were treated at a US field hospital before being flown to a military hospital in Germany.
The attack came just days after three Black Watch soldiers died near Falluja.
A graphic video purportedly showing the suicide bomb attack on the Black Watch at a checkpoint has been posted on an Islamic website.
Subtitles on the video read: "The first martyrdom operation against the British forces in Iraq."
The two soldiers who suffered serious injuries to their lower legs in Sunday's attack, were said to be in a stable condition.
The pair, who are serving with the Black Watch group in a bomb disposal unit but are not from the regiment, were later flown from Iraq.
Troops' base
They had been in an armoured Warrior vehicle on the west bank of the Euphrates River when it was rammed by the suicide bomber's car.
BBC correspondent Ben Brown, who is embedded with the Black Watch, said the explosion could be heard at the troops' base at Camp Dogwood, several miles away.
The army has not released the soldiers' names.
Black Watch Capt Tim Petransky said: "We're not going to take a hit like that and do nothing.
"We are going there to show the local populace that we are not going to be cowed by incidents of that nature."
It is the second suicide attack on British forces in three days since their controversial redeployment from Basra.
On Thursday three soldiers from the regiment were killed at a checkpoint near Falluja.
They were named as Sgt Stuart Gray, 31, Pte Paul Lowe, 19 and Pte Scott McArdle, 22, all from Fife.
On Sunday, a lone piper, Pipe Major Scott Taylor, 34, from Glasgow, stood on the key Jurf Al Sukhr bridge over the Euphrates at dawn and played a lament for his three fallen comrades.
The battle group includes an armoured reconnaissance from B Squadron, Queen's Dragoon Guards, elements of 40 Commando Royal Marines, and supporting specialists from the Royal Engineers, Royal Logistic Corps, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, and Royal Military Police.
It had begun a major operation ahead of an expected raid on Falluja by US Marines.
They blocked off a key bridge on the eastern bank of the River Euphrates in the regiment's biggest mission since it was redeployed to central Iraq on 27 October.
Ben Brown, at the troops' base, said the plan is to stop fighters and weapons being moved by Sunni insurgents.
Two UK soldiers are being treated in Germany for serious leg injuries after their vehicle was rammed by a suicide bomber in Iraq.
The bomb disposal experts were working with the Black Watch battle group stationed at Camp Dogwood, 20 miles (32km) from Baghdad.
The MoD said they were treated at a US field hospital before being flown to a military hospital in Germany.
The attack came just days after three Black Watch soldiers died near Falluja.
A graphic video purportedly showing the suicide bomb attack on the Black Watch at a checkpoint has been posted on an Islamic website.
Subtitles on the video read: "The first martyrdom operation against the British forces in Iraq."
The two soldiers who suffered serious injuries to their lower legs in Sunday's attack, were said to be in a stable condition.
The pair, who are serving with the Black Watch group in a bomb disposal unit but are not from the regiment, were later flown from Iraq.
Troops' base
They had been in an armoured Warrior vehicle on the west bank of the Euphrates River when it was rammed by the suicide bomber's car.
BBC correspondent Ben Brown, who is embedded with the Black Watch, said the explosion could be heard at the troops' base at Camp Dogwood, several miles away.
The army has not released the soldiers' names.
Black Watch Capt Tim Petransky said: "We're not going to take a hit like that and do nothing.
"We are going there to show the local populace that we are not going to be cowed by incidents of that nature."
It is the second suicide attack on British forces in three days since their controversial redeployment from Basra.
On Thursday three soldiers from the regiment were killed at a checkpoint near Falluja.
They were named as Sgt Stuart Gray, 31, Pte Paul Lowe, 19 and Pte Scott McArdle, 22, all from Fife.
On Sunday, a lone piper, Pipe Major Scott Taylor, 34, from Glasgow, stood on the key Jurf Al Sukhr bridge over the Euphrates at dawn and played a lament for his three fallen comrades.
The battle group includes an armoured reconnaissance from B Squadron, Queen's Dragoon Guards, elements of 40 Commando Royal Marines, and supporting specialists from the Royal Engineers, Royal Logistic Corps, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, and Royal Military Police.
It had begun a major operation ahead of an expected raid on Falluja by US Marines.
They blocked off a key bridge on the eastern bank of the River Euphrates in the regiment's biggest mission since it was redeployed to central Iraq on 27 October.
Ben Brown, at the troops' base, said the plan is to stop fighters and weapons being moved by Sunni insurgents.