Another 9 Americans killed in Bush's Iraq war

April 28, 2007

Baghdad, Iraq - The U.S. military said that seven U.S. soldiers and two Marines were killed Friday and Saturday in Iraq.

On Saturday, three U.S. soldiers died and another was wounded when their patrol was struck by a roadside bomb southeast of Baghdad, the military said. The soldiers were assigned to Task Force Marne.

Also on Saturday, a fourth Task Force Marne soldier died and two others were wounded in another roadside bombing south of Baghdad.

On Friday, three soldiers and the two Marines were killed Friday during combat operations in Iraq's restive Anbar province, the U.S. military said Saturday. The troops were assigned to Multi-National Force - West. No further information on the incident was released.

The soldiers' and Marines' names were withheld pending notification of relatives. The deaths bring to 3,345 the number of U.S. service members killed since the Iraq war began.