Roadside bomb kills two US marines
A roadside bomb killed two US Marines in western Iraq, the military said today.
The attack on their vehicle occurred during combat operations yesterday near Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, the military said.
They were assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force. The military withheld their identities pending notification of relatives.
At least 1,716 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003.
