Gunmen kill US marine in Kuwait

A US marine taking part in war games was shot and killed yesterday

A second marine was injured. The assailants were shot and killed by US forces. The marines were involved in a live-fire exercise when they came under small arms fire, apparently by civilians, said Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Dave Lapan.

He said one marine died during surgery at the Camp Doha Armed Forces Hospital. More than 1,000 marines and sailors are taking part in the exercise, dubbed Eager Mace 2002, with the Kuwaiti military. Though the exercise Eager Mace involves joint US-Kuwait training, the attack happened while marines were doing urban assault training that involved only US forces, Lapan said.