BRITISH SOLDIERS IN IRAQ: A new dispatch from Michael Yon. “On three consecutive missions with three different British units, their soldiers killed roughly 40 enemy in combat action that also saw two British soldiers killed in action, and three wounded. The enemy apparently is attempting to paint a perception that the long-planned draw down of British soldiers in southern Iraq is actually the result of a successful “rout,” and they are stepping up the tempo of attacks.”

Read the whole thing. He’s got lots of photos, too.