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10 US Marines Killed, 11 Wounded in Iraq Blast
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1001A66:3919ACA US military says
attack resulted in one of single-worst troop losses in Iraq





A U.S. Marine in Iraq (File photo)The U.S. military has suffered one
of its single-worst troop losses in Iraq in an explosion near the
western city of Fallujah.

In a statement Friday, the military said 10 American Marines were
killed and 11 wounded in a roadside bomb blast Thursday. The explosion
struck a group of Marines patrolling the area on foot.

To the west of Fallujah, in Ramadi, 500 U.S. and Iraqi troops launched
"Operation Shank" Friday. It is the fifth in a series of joint
operations to disrupt al-Qaida-in-Iraq terrorists operating in the
Euphrates River Valley ahead of this month's parliamentary election.

Meanwhile, in Baghdad, hundreds of Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims took to
the streets in a show of unity against sectarian violence. They also
denounced the alleged abuse of Sunni Arabs in a Shi'ite-run government
jail.

Some information for this report provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

 


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