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Bomb attack on British convoy injures Iraqi

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-10-05 16:04

BAGHDAD _ Iraqi police say a roadside bomb attack on a British convoy in Basra has injured an Iraqi civilian.

A spokesman for the British military in Iraq, Maj. Bill Young, says the attack occurred around 8:30 a.m. Sunday on a convoy carrying Western contractors. The contractors were going to a children's hospital to inspect work on the building.

Young says none of those in the convoy were injured. However, an Iraqi police official in Basra says one Iraqi civilian was wounded.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.