Pentagon: Seven Troops Killed in Two Attacks
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BAGHDAD – Four American Marines were killed in fighting in Anbar province, and three were killed by a roadside bomb in northern Iraq, the military said today.
The four Marines were killed yesterday while conducting combat operations in Anbar, a predominantly Sunni province west of Baghdad that has seen a recent drop in violence, according to a statement.
Three soldiers also were killed yesterday when a bomb exploded near their vehicle in the northern Ninevah province, the military said separately.
