Two US servicemen killed in Iraq

[Flagg]

Two US servicemen killed in Iraq




BAGHDAD (AFP) - A US soldier was killed in Baghdad and a marine died of wounds sustained in the western Al-Anbar province, the US-led coalition announced.



"One Task Force Baghdad soldier was killed and another was wounded when an improvised explosive device struck a convoy Wednesday in Baghdad," the US military said in a statement Thursday.


A separate statement reported that a member of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force "died May 12 from wounds received earlier that day in the Al-Anbar Province while conducting security and stability operations."


The statement did not say how the US marine was wounded, saying that "the release of more details about the incident could place our personnel at greater risk."


"1 MEF force protection measures preclude the release of any information that could aid enemy personnel in assessing the effectiveness or lack thereof with regard to their tactics, techniques and procedures," the statement said.


The latest deaths brings to 777 the number of US soldiers killed since the start of the invasion of Iraq (news - web sites) in March 2003.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040513/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_toll&cid=1514&ncid=1473

[Solly Mack]

1. and the band played on.....

I'm weary.

[Kolesar]

2. And the band played Waltzing Matilda

I'm crying in my sleep, even after a year.