3 Black Watch troops killed; 8 wounded

by Tex MacRae | Nov 4, 2004 | 0 comments

Three Scottish Black Watch soldiers and a translator have been killed by a suicide bomber at a checkpoint while 8 others were wounded in the subsequent mortar attack. "Soldiers manning a vehicle checkpoint were targeted by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a suicide attack, followed shortly afterwards by mortar fire," Junior Defense Minister Adam Ingram told a news conference in London.
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The Scotland-based unit has been trying to lower tension by playing down its Britishness, handing out flyers which read "please allow me to introduce myself -- I am a Scottish soldier with the Black Watch Regiment." The flyers have a Scottish flag, rather than a British flag.

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