Topic: Bomb kills 10 US marines in Iraq

Team Infidel

WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (AFP) - A roadside explosion killed 10 US marines and
wounded 11 more outside of the troubled Iraqi city of Fallujah, the US
military said Friday.

The attack on a foot patrol occured Thursday, said a US marines statement.

"The patrol was attacked with an IED (improvised explosive device) fashioned
from several large artillery shells," said the statement.

It said seven of those injured in the incident had returned to duty.

The dead were were from the 2nd Marine Division's Regimental Combat Team 8,
the statement said, adding that the names were withheld pending notification
of next of kin.

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