Tuesday, October 04, 2005
STILL GOING ON...
Five U.S. troops killed in Iraq attacks
U.S. forces launched a major offensive in three cities around the Euphrates River valley
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 Posted: 1624 GMT (0024 HKT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Four U.S. soldiers and a Marine have been killed in attacks in Iraq, military officials said Tuesday.
The deaths were announced on the same day as U.S.-led forces launched offensives in the western province of Anbar, where four of the troops died.
Three soldiers from the 2nd Regimental Combat Team, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) died from injuries sustained in a blast Monday, officials said.
All three were involved in combat operations near the Anbar city of Haqlaniya, a statement said, but it was unclear whether the same roadside bomb killed all three.
Separately, a U.S. Marine was killed in action Monday by a roadside bomb in the Anbar city of Karabila, the military said. The Marine was assigned to the same combat team as the soldiers and was involved in Operation Iron Fist.
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