Four US marines killed in Iraq

The US military today announced that four Marines had been killed – three of them in a roadside bombing in Iraq – during operations in insurgent-ridden Anbar province.

The military statement said three Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 “died after their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device”.

It said the fourth Marine, assigned to 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, “died after being attacked while conducting security operations”.

At least 2,511 members of the U.S. military have died since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians.