Roadside bomb kills ten US marines

TEN US marines on foot patrol were killed and 11 wounded by a roadside bomb near Fallujah, Iraq, in one of the deadliest attacks on American troops in recent months.

A brief statement said the marines were from Regimental Combat Team 8, of the 2nd Marine Division.

They were hit on Thursday by a roadside bomb, which the military calls an improvised explosive device, or IED, made from several large artillery shells, the marines said. IEDs are the most common cause of US casualties in Iraq.