BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb 5, SPA -- A British soldier was killed in a roadside bombing Monday near the U.S. consulate in Basra, a British military spokeswoman said. The bomb wounded an unknown number of Iraqi civilians and damaged cars parked nearby, Capt. Katie Brown said from Basra, where about 7,500 British troops are based, according to a report of the Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/423099