Four US marines were killed Saturday near the flashpoint city of Fallujah while on patrol, a US military statement said Sunday."Four marines assigned to 1st Marine Expeditionary Force died in Al Anbar Province Saturday while conducting security and stability operations," a US military statement said.
A US military spokesman later said the attack was near Fallujah, west of Baghdad.
The latest casualties bring to 657 the number of US troops killed in action in Iraq since the start of the US-led war in March 2003, according to figures by the US Defense Department.
All rights reserved. Copyright 2003 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.
Quick Links
SpaceWar
Search SpaceWar
Subscribe To SpaceWar Express
