US marines killed in Iraq

Two US Marines have been killed in Iraq’s western Anbar province “as a result of enemy action”, the American military said in a statement today.

One of the two died yesterday, while the other died today following a separate incident yesterday, the statement said.

Both of the troops were assigned to the 1st Marine Division.

The statement provided no further details.

The most populous city in Anbar province, which stretches from Baghdad to the Jordanian border, is Fallujah, where four American civilians were killed and their bodies mutilated last Wednesday.