Four US Marines killed in Iraq's Anbar province

BAGHDAD, July 29 (Reuters) Four US Marines have been killed in action in Iraq's restive western Anbar province, the US military said today.

It said the Marines -- three from the 1st Brigade, 1st Armoured Division and the other from Regional Combat Team 5 -- were killed on Thursday. Statements on their deaths gave no further details.

More than 2,570 US soldiers have been killed in Iraq since the March 2003 US-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.

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