Friday 07 January 2005, 8:41 Makka Time, 5:41 GMT
The official number of US troops killed on Thursday is nine and a US Marine was killed Friday in al-Anbar (western Iraq), as reported in a military statement:
"A marine assigned to First Marine Expeditionary Force was killed in action Thursday, 6 January, while conducting security and stability operations in the al-Anbar province."
Another US Marine was killed in al-Anbar and seven US soldiers in Baghdad after a roadside bomb exploded against a Bradley fighting vehicle, earlier on Thursday.
Il Romanaccio at 12:15 PM