Bomb kills 14 US soldiers
2005-08-03 13:19
Baghdad - Fourteen United States marines and one interpreter were killed in western Iraq on Wednesday when their armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb, the US military said.
The military said one other marine was wounded in the attack which occurred during combat operations near Haditha, 260km northwest of Baghdad.
The latest deaths bring the number of US military personnel killed in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion to 1 811, according to AFP tally based on Pentagon figures.
- AFP