About 800 British soldiers left their base in southern Iraq on Wednesday, heading north toward Baghdad to replace U.S. forces that are expected to participate in an offensive operations throughout Iraq.
British Lt. Col. James Cowan said British troops, accompanied by 40 U.S. Marines, left the southern city of Basra to head for a base located north of Hillah, about 100 kms south of Baghdad. Forty U.S. Marines were with them, he said, according to The AP.
Also on Wednesday, a motorcycle bomber attacked a U.S. convoy in central Iraq, killing one American soldier and injuring another, the U.S. military said in a statement. (albawaba.com)
