Friday 14 January 2005, 8:00 Makka Time, 5:00 GMT
According to the statement released by the US marines base in Falluja, two marines assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force were killed on Thursday.
They were "conducting security and stability operations" in al-Anbar area, western Iraq.
No further informations were available, as usually, due to the risk of spreading in formations beetween the insurgents.
A 1st Infantry Division soldier died while "supporting Task Force Olympia operations" near Iraq's northern city of Mosul on Thursday, as reported by the other military statement from Baghdad.
Il Romanaccio at 11:51 AM