 Two British soldiers were wounded in an attack in Basra, southern Iraq, that targeted their patrol vehicle, said the British Defense Ministry Saturday. A ministry spokesman said in a press statement that the soldiers had been on a routine mission when they were ambushed and attacked with hand grenades and explosives, but said that the wounds they sustained were not serious and that the had been taken on the military base for treatment. The vehicle had burned completely as a result of the attack, he said. |