6 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq Violence
Pastor Dale Morgan
6 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq Violence*
The Associated Press
Monday, July 2, 2007; 2:18 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Five U.S. soldiers and a Marine were killed in attacks
in Baghdad and Iraq's Anbar and Salahuddin provinces, the military said
Monday.
One soldier was killed Monday when an explosion went off near his
vehicle as he conducted operations in Salahuddin, northwest of Baghdad,
the military said in a statement. Two other soldiers were wounded in the
blast.
The other deaths took place in separate attacks Sunday. In Baghdad, a
U.S.-Iraqi patrol was hit by a roadside bomb in a western district of
the capital, then gunmen opened fire, killing one American soldier and
wounding two Iraqi policemen.
Another soldier was killed when gunmen attacked his patrol in southern
Baghdad, the military said in a statement.
Two soldiers and one Marine assigned to Multi National Force-West were
killed while conducting combat operations in Anbar, the military said,
without providing further details.
The service-members' names were not released pending notification of
their families.
The deaths brought to 3,583 the number of members of the U.S. military
who have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003,
according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven
military civilians. At least 2,940 died as a result of hostile action,
according to the military's numbers.