Roadside bomb kills 4 Marines in Anbar

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Roadside bomb kills 4 Marines in Anbar
By Bradley Brooks - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday May 4, 2008 9:23:35 EDT

BAGHDAD — The military said Sunday a roadside bomb killed four Marines in western Anbar province, the deadliest attack in that area in months.

The Marines were killed on Friday, but no other details of the incident were released.

Anbar was once a stronghold for insurgents battling against U.S. forces.

But in the past year the vast desert province has largely been calmed with the rise of the Awakening Council movement — Sunni fighters who now turn their guns on al-Qaida instead of U.S. forces.

In Baghdad on Sunday, a bomb hit a motorcade carrying Iraq’s first lady in the Karrada district, injuring four of her body guards but leaving her unharmed, said the office of Iraq’s president.


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