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04-16-08, 07:14 AM
Iraq bomb kills 2 Marines
Deadly attack in western Anbar announced as airstrikes kill 4 insurgents
The Associated Press
updated 5:28 a.m. ET, Wed., April. 16, 2008
BAGHDAD - Two U.S. Marines have been killed in Iraq's western Anbar province, officials said on Wednesday.
A military statement said the two died Sunday when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. Their identities have not been released pending notification of relatives.
The deaths raise to at least 4,036 the number of U.S. military members who have died since the war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
The statement came as the British military said an airstrike in Basra has killed four gunmen armed with rocket propelled grenades.
British spokesman Maj. Tom Holloway says the group was attacked just after midnight by a warplane. He says four gunmen died when their vehicle was blown up. Another gunman was injured.
The British and U.S. military are using air power to support Iraqi government forces. These are conducting sweeps of Iraq's southern oil capital looking for militants and illegal arms.
Kurdish rebels targeted
Turkish warplanes also hit an area in northern Iraq where a group of Kurdish rebels was trying to infiltrate Turkey, officials said Wednesday.
Warplanes attacked the rebels in the Avasin-Basyan region of northern Iraq, near the Turkish border town of Cukurca, the Turkish military said.
The military also reported clashes in Turkey's Diyarbakir and Sirnak provinces, and said one rebel was killed.
In February, the Turkish military staged a ground incursion against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, and it has periodically bombed and shelled suspected rebel positions across the border in past months.
The United States lists the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party as a terrorist group and is sharing military intelligence about the rebels with Turkey.
Kurdish guerrillas seek autonomy for Kurds in southeast Turkey and have been fighting since 1984.
Ellie
Deadly attack in western Anbar announced as airstrikes kill 4 insurgents
The Associated Press
updated 5:28 a.m. ET, Wed., April. 16, 2008
BAGHDAD - Two U.S. Marines have been killed in Iraq's western Anbar province, officials said on Wednesday.
A military statement said the two died Sunday when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. Their identities have not been released pending notification of relatives.
The deaths raise to at least 4,036 the number of U.S. military members who have died since the war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
The statement came as the British military said an airstrike in Basra has killed four gunmen armed with rocket propelled grenades.
British spokesman Maj. Tom Holloway says the group was attacked just after midnight by a warplane. He says four gunmen died when their vehicle was blown up. Another gunman was injured.
The British and U.S. military are using air power to support Iraqi government forces. These are conducting sweeps of Iraq's southern oil capital looking for militants and illegal arms.
Kurdish rebels targeted
Turkish warplanes also hit an area in northern Iraq where a group of Kurdish rebels was trying to infiltrate Turkey, officials said Wednesday.
Warplanes attacked the rebels in the Avasin-Basyan region of northern Iraq, near the Turkish border town of Cukurca, the Turkish military said.
The military also reported clashes in Turkey's Diyarbakir and Sirnak provinces, and said one rebel was killed.
In February, the Turkish military staged a ground incursion against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, and it has periodically bombed and shelled suspected rebel positions across the border in past months.
The United States lists the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party as a terrorist group and is sharing military intelligence about the rebels with Turkey.
Kurdish guerrillas seek autonomy for Kurds in southeast Turkey and have been fighting since 1984.
Ellie