Two American marines killed in Iraq
Iraq, Military, 1/18/2005

A statement by the American army said on Tuesday that two marines were killed during confrontations with gunmen in al-Anbar governorate which includes al-Ramadai and Falluja. The statement said the two soldiers were killed on Tuesday at dawn but gave no details about their killing.

This coincided with the operation in which several American marines were injured in a booby trapped car explosion led by a suicide attack against their vehicle in Ramadi on Monday evening.

Also found in Ramadi city were the bodies of Iraqi civilians including two Shiites, and beside them was a written statement describing them as hirelings.

These developments came after a wave of explosions took place in the region on Monday and resulted in killing 22 persons at least most of them members of the Iraqi police and national guards.

Seven police men were killed and 25 injured in a suicide attack in a booby trapped car in a police center in Beji to the north of Iraq. In Bahraza ( 55 Km to the north of Baghdad) 8 persons were killed including 7 soldiers and other 4 injured when gunmen attacked an inspection point near Baqouba city.

Meantime, the interim Iraqi government announced that its forces killed during the two past days 35 gunmen in armed clashes in Falluja area.

Gunmen also fired mortars at three ballot centers in Basra and this resulted in killing one security guard, while clashes erupted with the British forces which guard the school where voting will be held.

Followers of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, supporter of al-Qaida organization and the most wanted person in Iraq, claimed responsibility for the attack on the voting centers.

On the other hand, the American forces launched a plenary campaign of arrest in al-Anbar governorate in which it detained some 100 gunmen and confiscated large amounts of weapons and ammunition along the three past days.

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