Sepcial Report: Tension accelerates in Iraq
    

A humvee with US marines conducting a mounted combat patrol cruises through the desert of Iraq during the setting sun near Al Asad, on June 15. (Xinhua/AFP photo)

    BAGHDAD, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Four U.S. marines were killed in two insurgent attacks on Tuesday in the volatile Anbar province in western Iraq, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

    It said that three marines were killed when their vehicle hit a makeshift bomb and the other marine was killed when he came under fire while conducting security operation, the military said in a statement.

    The U.S. military did not provide further information about the attacks.

    The latest death has brought to 2,505 the number of U.S. military personnel killed in Iraq since the start of the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003. Enditem