Soldiers find newborn girl in box of weapons

TWO British soldiers patrolling the streets of Basra were praised by their commanding officers yesterday after they saved the life of a newborn Iraqi girl.

After cornering five terror suspects in a house deep inside the war-ravaged city, the young squaddies, along with two of their colleagues, began to search the premises.

Within minutes they discovered a dusty 3ft-long padlocked metal box containing a cache of deadly weapons.