Reply #3: 1, 657 US troops dead (Marine killed Saturday)

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.........About 4 p.m., gunmen attacked Khadra police station during a 15-minute firefight, police Lt. Majid Zaki said.

Separately, the U.S. military announced the end of Operation New Market, a four-day offensive centered on Haditha, 140 miles northwest of Baghdad, aimed at disrupting insurgent activities. At least 14 insurgents were killed and more than 30 suspects detained in the operation, which also left two U.S. Marines dead.

U.S. forces said a Marine was killed Saturday when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle near Haqlaniyah, 85 miles northwest of Baghdad. Another soldier who was wounded May 4 died on May 25, it added. At least 1,657 U.S. military members have died since the Iraq war began in March 2003, according to an AP count.

The British soldier died and four others were injured when a British military convoy was attacked in southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defense said in London.