Seven US Marines killed by car bomb
The attack nine miles north of Fallujah a stronghold for Sunni insurgents destroyed two Humvees, witnesses said. Medical teams in helicopters swept into the dusty, barren site to ferry away the injured, and troops sealed off the surrounding area.
In Baghdad, meanwhile, an interior ministry spokesman said that medical tests on a man being held in custody showed he is not former president Saddam Hussein's deputy, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, ending conflicting claims about his purported arrest.
