Baghdad, Nov 23: Three US Marines were killed
fighting in Anbar province, the area of western Iraq where
many Sunni-Arab insurgents are based, the military said
today.
Assigned to regimental combat team 7, the Marines died
yesterday from wounds sustained during enemy action, the
command said.
The names of the deceased were withheld pending
notification of relatives.
The deaths raised to at least 2,870 the number of US
servicemen who have died since the beginning of the Iraq war
in March 2003, according to an agency’s count.
So far this month in Iraq, 52 American service members
have been killed or died.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, November 23, 2006, 00:00