Roadside Bomb Kills 14 Marines in Iraq ; Deadliest Such Attack Suffered by U.S. Forces

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Fourteen U.S. Marines were killed Wednesday when a large bomb destroyed their lightly armored vehicle, hurling it into the air in a giant fireball in the deadliest roadside bombing suffered by U.S. forces in the Iraq war.

A civilian translator also was killed and one Marine was wounded. The victims were from the same Ohio-based Reserve unit as six members of a Marine sniper team killed on Monday in an ambush claimed by the Islamic extremist Ansar al-Sunnah Army.

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Roadside Bomb Kills 14 Marines in Iraq ; Deadliest Such Attack Suffered by U.S. Forces

The deaths brought to 23 the number of Marines killed in the past week in fighting along the volatile Euphrates Valley of western Iraq and marked one of the bloodiest periods for U.S. forces in months. In all, 44 U.S. service members have died in Iraq s...

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