Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq

    BAGHDAD, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. soldier died of wounds sustained due to "enemy action" in Iraq's western Anbar province, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.

    A soldier, assigned to a battalion under a Marine Expeditionary Force, was killed on Monday, the military said in a statement.

    The name of the soldier is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, it added.

    Since the U.S.-led war in Iraq broke out in March 2003, more than 2,660 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq, according to media count. Enditem

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