Eleven more U.S. troops die in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Eleven U.S. troops have died from combat wounds over the weekend, the U.S. military announced Sunday.
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Since the start of the war, 700 Americans have been killed, 504 of them in hostile actions.
Five Marines were killed in fierce fighting Saturday near Iraq's border with Syria, the military said.
And three U.S. soldiers were killed Saturday when their 1st Armored Division convoy was ambushed near the southern Iraqi town of Ad Diwaniyah.
A ninth American, who was assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Unit, also was killed Saturday in fighting west of Baghdad in the violent Al Anbar province.
Also on Sunday, officials announced two more deaths. A U.S. soldier was killed and two others injured Saturday when their tank rolled over in north Baghdad, and another soldier died of wounds received in a roadside bombing Saturday.