- Four US soldiers have been killed in action in Iraq's
restive western Al-Anbar province, a US military statement said today,
while another soldier was killed in a vehicle accident further north.
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- "Four Soldiers assigned to First Marine Expeditionary
Force were killed in action March 4,(Friday) while conducting security
and stability operations in the Al Anbar province," said the statement
without providing further details.
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- A separate statement said one US soldier was killed and
another wounded in a vehicle accident near Tikrit, north of Baghdad, at
about 10pm (6am AEDT) yesterday.
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- The latest deaths raised to 1499 the number of US servicemen
killed in attacks or accidents in Iraq since the launch of the American-led
war to oust Saddam Hussein nearly two years ago, according to Pentagon
figures.
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