BAGHDAD, Jan. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- A US soldier was killed in the flashpoint Anbar province, west of Baghdad, a US military statementsaid on Wednesday.

    "The soldier assigned to the First Marine Expeditionary Force was killed in action on Jan. 11, while conducting security and stability operations in the Anbar province," the statement said, without giving further details on the incident.

    More than 1,350 US servicemen have been killed since the US invasion of Iraq in March, 2003. Enditem