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Six Marines Killed in Iraq Bomb
Attacks
By Sameer N. Yacoub
Associated Press Writer
October 7, 2005
CBN.com –
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Roadside bombs hit U.S. patrols in western
Iraq, killing six Marines who were part of operations that began
a week ago to clear towns of insurgents prior to a crucial referendum
on a new constitution, the military said Friday.
The American deaths raised to at least 1,950 the number of members
of the U.S. military who have died since the beginning of the
war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Four of the Marines were killed Thursday by a roadside bomb while
Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force (Forward), was conducting combat operations near Karmah,
50 miles west of Baghdad, the military said.
Farther to the west, near the Syrian border, the other two Marines
were killed Thursday by a roadside bomb near the town of Qaim,
near the Syrian border, while on patrol during the U.S. "Iron
Fist" offensive, the military said. They were with the Regimental
Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.
"Iron Fist" and another offensive codenamed "River
Gate" began earlier this month and involved thousands of
U.S. forces and Iraqi troops to uproot insurgents from Qaim and
several other towns in western Iraq before the Oct. 15 referendum.
The military also said Friday its offensive had killed 29 militants,
including 20 who died when warplanes bombed an abandoned hotel
they had commandeered
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