Four US marines killed in Iraq
Four US marines were killed “as a result of enemy action” in Iraq’s western Anbar province, the military said in a statement in Baghdad today.
The four members of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force were killed while “conducting security and stabilisation operations,” it said.
It gave no other details.
The most populous city in Anbar province, which stretches from Baghdad to the Jordanian and Syrian borders is Fallujah, which has been surrounded by hundreds of marines, ready to launch a crackdown on insurgents after a mob killed four Americans and mutilated their bodies last week.
