MrsSpringsteen
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There was a picture w/ this on CNN.com.I would never post it, but it was upsetting to say the least. I guess there is video too
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Four U.S. Marines were killed Monday in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, a military official for the American-led coalition said.
U.S. Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said a quick reaction force found the Marines' bodies after they failed to report to their commanders at a predetermined time.
"After we've notified the families, I think we're going to be a little more forthcoming on what happened up there," Kimmitt said.
A Marine Corps official identified one of the dead as Staff Sgt. Marvin Best, 33, of Prosser, Washington. He was based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California. The other three were from a different base and have not yet been identified.
A videotape delivered to Associated Press Television News showed four Marines in uniform lying dead in what appeared to be a walled compound in Ramadi, an insurgent stronghold 60 miles west of Baghdad. One of the Americans was slumped in the corner of a wall.
The bodies had no flak vests ? mandatory for U.S. troops in contested areas ? and at least one was missing a boot. One fieldpack was left open next to a body as if the attackers had looted the dead before fleeing.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Four U.S. Marines were killed Monday in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, a military official for the American-led coalition said.
U.S. Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said a quick reaction force found the Marines' bodies after they failed to report to their commanders at a predetermined time.
"After we've notified the families, I think we're going to be a little more forthcoming on what happened up there," Kimmitt said.
A Marine Corps official identified one of the dead as Staff Sgt. Marvin Best, 33, of Prosser, Washington. He was based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California. The other three were from a different base and have not yet been identified.
A videotape delivered to Associated Press Television News showed four Marines in uniform lying dead in what appeared to be a walled compound in Ramadi, an insurgent stronghold 60 miles west of Baghdad. One of the Americans was slumped in the corner of a wall.
The bodies had no flak vests ? mandatory for U.S. troops in contested areas ? and at least one was missing a boot. One fieldpack was left open next to a body as if the attackers had looted the dead before fleeing.
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