5 US Troops Killed in Western Iraq

驻伊美军五人在西部地区丧生

The U.S. military in Iraq says five American troops have been killed in western Anbar province, raising the death toll among U.S. forces in Iraq to 96 this month. The five include four marines and one sailor. A military statement issued Thursday said all died as a result of enemy action on Wednesday, but did not specify if they were killed in the same incident.

Also Wednesday, the U.S. military says Iraqi forces backed by coalition advisers carried out several early morning raids on militant targets across Iraq. In one operation, troops killed a militant in a gun battle in the town of Khalis in the eastern province of Diyala. In another raid on the Hillah region south of Baghdad, security forces detained 11 suspected death squad members. Iraqi forces backed by American warplanes killed 10 militants in a third operation targeting Baghdad's Sadr City, a Shi'ite militia stronghold of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Ten suspected death squad members were also captured during the raid.

驻伊拉克美军说，5名美国士兵在伊拉克西部的安巴尔省被打死，使驻伊美军这个月的死亡人数升至96人。5名死者中包括四名海军陆战队员和一名水兵。军方星期四发表声明说，这些士兵都是星期三在敌方行动中被打死的，不过，声明没有说明他们是否死于同一起事件。

另外，美国军方星期三说，伊拉克部队在联军顾问的支援下，凌晨时分对伊拉克各地的激进分子目标进行了突袭。在其中一次行动中，伊拉克士兵在东部迪亚拉省的哈利斯镇的枪战中打死一名激进分子。在巴格达以南希拉区另外一次突袭中，保安部队抓获了11名被怀疑是杀人队成员的人。在对巴格达的萨德尔城区进行的第三起突袭行动中，伊拉克部队在美国战斗机的支援下打死10名激进分子。

该地区是反美神职人员萨德尔控制的什叶派民兵据点。在这次突袭行动中，还有10名被怀疑是杀人队成员的人被捕。