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Five U.S. Marines killed in Iraq

BAGHDAD: Militants killed five U.S. Marines and authorities found 21 bodies near the Syrian border, where American and Iraqi troops bore down in two recent major operations aimed at crushing a tenacious militancy.

The victims, thought to be missing Iraqi soldiers, were shot repeatedly in the head and found blindfolded, their hands tied behind their backs. Three were beheaded.

The killings were a clear sign of the profound difficulties faced by U.S. and Iraqi forces in Anbar province around the dusty, lawless frontier town of Qaim, and their inability to seal the porous desert border with Syria despite major efforts to boost their military presence in the area.

The Marines were killed on Thursday in a roadside bombing while conducting combat operations near the volatile Sunni town of Haqlaniyah, 145 km northwest of Baghdad, the military said. — AP

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