The Troll
06-07-2005, 01:19 PM
Marines killed
Elsewhere, two US marines died as a result of separate roadside bombings near the western Iraqi city of Falluja, the US military said on Tuesday.
One marine was killed in action on Monday when a bomb targeted his vehicle near Falluja, 65km west of Baghdad, the military said in a statement.
Another marine was seriously wounded on Sunday and died a day later also near Falluja in a similar incident.
Both marines were assigned to Regimental Combat Team-8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.
The names of the marines are being withheld pending next-of-kin notification.
Abu Ghraib riots
Meanwhile, several guards and detainees were injured after rioting erupted in the notorious US-run prison of Abu Ghraib on Baghdad's western outskirts after a detainee tried to escape.
"The disturbance occurred shortly after a detainee, using the hours of darkness and a heavy sandstorm, was caught trying to escape," the US military said in a statement on Tuesday.
"Detainees in several of the compounds began throwing rocks at the portable light generators and the guards"
US military statement
"Detainees in several of the compounds began throwing rocks at the portable light generators and the guards," it said.
The US military said the incident occurred on Sunday shortly before midnight.
Four guards and six detainees were injured and treated at the scene.
All detainees were accounted for after the disturbance ended, the statement added, without providing further details.
In May, three detainees escaped from Abu Ghraib, the scene of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by their US warders captured in graphic photographs that made headlines around the world in April last year.
Elsewhere, two US marines died as a result of separate roadside bombings near the western Iraqi city of Falluja, the US military said on Tuesday.
One marine was killed in action on Monday when a bomb targeted his vehicle near Falluja, 65km west of Baghdad, the military said in a statement.
Another marine was seriously wounded on Sunday and died a day later also near Falluja in a similar incident.
Both marines were assigned to Regimental Combat Team-8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.
The names of the marines are being withheld pending next-of-kin notification.
Abu Ghraib riots
Meanwhile, several guards and detainees were injured after rioting erupted in the notorious US-run prison of Abu Ghraib on Baghdad's western outskirts after a detainee tried to escape.
"The disturbance occurred shortly after a detainee, using the hours of darkness and a heavy sandstorm, was caught trying to escape," the US military said in a statement on Tuesday.
"Detainees in several of the compounds began throwing rocks at the portable light generators and the guards"
US military statement
"Detainees in several of the compounds began throwing rocks at the portable light generators and the guards," it said.
The US military said the incident occurred on Sunday shortly before midnight.
Four guards and six detainees were injured and treated at the scene.
All detainees were accounted for after the disturbance ended, the statement added, without providing further details.
In May, three detainees escaped from Abu Ghraib, the scene of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by their US warders captured in graphic photographs that made headlines around the world in April last year.