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U.S. soldiers secure the area after a car bomb attack in Baghdad today. (Hadi Mizban / AP)

Eight US marines killed in western Iraq, US warplanes strike Fallujah

Eight US marines were killed in weekend clashes with rebels in Al-Anbar province, the military said Monday, despite claims that the insurgency in the western Iraqi region was being defeated.

US warplanes pounded eastern suburbs of the city of Fallujah, the backbone of the insurgency in Al-Anbar, sending columns of black smoke into the sky, said an AFP correspondent embedded with the marines.

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