Reports are currently breaking as to the downing of a RAF Hercules transport aircraft with the subsequent loss of up to 15 British troops in Iraq on Sunday.
An Iraqi militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack although official Military sources told Britain's domestic Press Association news that 10 soldiers lost their lives in the incident and that the cause of the crash is still unknown .
In a televised speech to the nation British Prime Minister Tony Blair said of the troops died “This country and the wider world will never forget them”.
