Seven Americans Killed In Iraq Attacks

AP:

Four U.S. Marines were killed in fighting in Anbar province, and three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in northern Iraq, the military said Friday.

The four Marines assigned to Multi National Force -- West were killed Thursday 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 Task Force Lightning soldiers also were killed Thursday when a bomb exploded near their vehicle in the northern Ninevah province, the military said separately.

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Comments

[CintiBlue]

10:32 AM on 09/07/2007

Didn't bush just photo-op in al Anbar?

With all the shennanigans surrounding the upcoming escalation report, this should have been placed UP THE PAGE for at least an hour.

I read the Capt's listing of these deaths a half hour ago.