Seven US Marines killed in Iraq, toll passes 1,800

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Seven US Marines killed in Iraq, toll passes 1,800
Tue Aug 2, 2005 11:17 PM IST

By Michael Georgy

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Seven U.S. Marines have been killed in fighting in Iraq's western Anbar province, a guerrilla heartland that keeps challenging U.S. and Iraqi troops despite repeated security crackdowns.

Their deaths push the number of U.S. troops to have died since the start of the war in March 2003 to above 1,800, according to a Reuters count based on information provided by the Pentagon.

Pacifying Anbar is a top priority for U.S. and Iraqi troops who say the rest of the country cannot be stabilised unless guerrillas are rooted out of the region.

The area is a nerve centre for the two-year-old Sunni Arab-led insurgency, a loose alliance of mostly Arab Muslim militants who carry out suicide bombings and Saddam Hussein loyalists leading the guerrilla campaign.


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1. Blessings & prayers on their spirits, families, and friends.

Seven U.S. Marines :patriot:


:cry:

Damn those thugs to hell.