Roadside Bomb Kills 5 Marines in Iraq

AP

June 10: Iraqis climb over the wreckage of a U.S. convoy after it was attacked by insurgents west of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — A roadside bomb killed five U.S. Marines during combat operations in western Iraq, and the bodies of 21 Iraqis were found scattered in separate locations near a town close to the Syrian border considered an insurgent hotbed, officials and witnesses said Friday.

The Marines were killed Thursday while conducting combat operations near the town of Haqlaniyah, 90 miles north of Baghdad, in the volatile Anbar province (search), the military said in a statement.

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