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Iraq bomb attack kills 14 marines
Pacifying western Iraq is a priority for US-led forces
Fourteen marines and their civilian translator have been killed in a roadside bombing in north-western Iraq, the US military says.
It is one of the deadliest attacks on US forces since the 2003 invasion.
It happened near the city of Haditha, in the same area as an incident on Monday in which six US marines were killed by hostile fire, the army said.
The city is near the Syrian border in an area that has seen frequent insurgent assaults against US troops.
The bomb is reported to have hit an amphibious assault vehicle travelling south of Haditha. One other marine was wounded.
The US defence department said on its website: "Names of the dead are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. No other details about the attack were immediately available."
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4 August 2005, 00:04
Yes, and the all from Ohio, which took the biggest death toll this month: 20. Hmm, there were recent local elections and they still voted for the GOP candidate?
They deserve it! It makes our day - 14 less of those brainless Nazi troops to kill!