US soldiers arrest suspected Iraqi weapon dealers in March 2004. Four US soldiers were killed in action in Iraq's restive western Al-Anbar province, while another soldier was killed in a vehicle accident.(AFP/File/Daniel Mihailescu)
Posted on 03/04/2005 9:31:20 PM PST by HAL9000
ALARM - Four American soldiers killed in the west of BaghdadBAGHDAD - Four American soldiers were killed Friday at the time of operations of combat in the rebellious Al-Anbar province, in the west of Baghdad, announced the American army Saturday.
Pound them.
hope the killed 400 before they went down.
Four GI' S killed with the combat in Iraq, a fifth in an accident
BAGHDAD - Four American soldiers were killed Friday at the time of operations of combat in the rebellious Al-Anbar province, in the west of Baghdad, announced the American army Saturday.
"Four soldiers of the 1st task force of the Navy were killed with the combat on March 4 by leading operations of safety and of stabilization in the Al-Anbar province", an official statement of the American army indicated.
In another official statement, the American army announced that a soldier had been killed and another casualty in a road accident Friday close to Tikrit, to 180 km in the north of Baghdad.
With these deaths, the assessment of the American losses plank 1.500. According to a calculation, starting from the figures of the Pentagon, 1.499 American soldiers died in Iraq since the invasion of the country there is nearly two years.
(Babelfish translation note: Navy=Marines)
The statement states that they were assigned to the Marine force, which makes them US Army soldiers.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Four U.S. soldiers were killed Friday west of the capital in a province where American troops launched a massive sweep two weeks ago to root out insurgents, the military said.The soldiers, assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, were killed "while conducting security and stability operations" in the sprawling Anbar province. The reference to "soldiers" was to highlight that they were not members of the Marine Corps.
The Marines did not say where in Anbar the soldiers were killed. The region - which borders Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia - has been a hotbed of insurgent activity.
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Marines stopped announcing cause of hostile fire deaths last April. Most likely cause is IED attack on vehicle.
US soldiers arrest suspected Iraqi weapon dealers in March 2004. Four US soldiers were killed in action in Iraq's restive western Al-Anbar province, while another soldier was killed in a vehicle accident.(AFP/File/Daniel Mihailescu)
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