Scots marine among victims of homemade Iraqi boat bomb; GRIM NEWS AS 51st HIGHLAND PREPARE FOR SIX-MONTH TOUR OF DUTY IN WAR ZONE Shatt al-Arab blast killed 45 Commando soldier.(News)

From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: November 14, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: By Ben Spencer

A SCOTS-based Marine was among four British servicemen killed in a bomb attack on a patrol boat in southern Iraq.

The soldier from 45 Commando in Arbroath lost his life in a home-made bomb blast on a waterway in Basra on Sunday.

He had been attached to 539 Assault Squadron Royal Marines.

Also killed in the rebel attack were a soldier from the Royal Signals, one from the Intelligence Corps and a second Marine.

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