Sharp rise in number of UK battle casualties
16th Nov 2006, 08:28 GMT
One British soldier was seriously wounded in Iraq every three days during October, one of the highest rates of battle casualties since the conflict began in March 2003. The figure is double the average monthly casualty rate for the first nine months of 2006.
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