BAGHDAD, Aug. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- A US marine killed in a bomb attack in western Iraq and another soldier killed in a rocket attack, the US military said in statements on Tuesday.

    The marine, assigned to Regimental Combat Team-8, 2nd Marine Division, was killed on Monday in a roadside bomb near his vehicle outside the flashpoint city of Fallujah.

    In a separate statement, the US military said another soldier assigned to Task Force Baghdad was killed in a rocket attack launched by insurgents in western Baghdad at 6:20 p.m. (1420 GMT)on Monday.

    Over 1,860 US soldiers have been killed in Iraq since the US-led invasion in March 2003, according to media tally. Enditem