Bomber hits U.S. convoy, killing at least 2 Marines
Four other military personnel missing after Fallujah attack; 13 injured
Originally published June 24, 2005, 10:43 AM EDT
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A suicide car bomber slammed into a U.S. convoy in Fallujah, killing two Marines, a Pentagon spokesman said today. Three Marines and a sailor were missing after the attack.
Another 13 Marines were wounded in the Thursday night attack, spokesman Bryan Whitman said. Some women were among the casualties, he said.
At least 1,730 members of the U.S. military have died since the war began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
The car bomber targeted troops assigned to the II Marine Expeditionary Force, an earlier military statement said. Fallujah, the Anbar province town 40 miles west of Baghdad, was the scene of a large-scale campaign in November by U.S. troops to rout militants.