Updated on Thursday, November 23, 2006, 00:00 IST

Baghdad, Nov 23: Three US Marines were killed fighting in Anbar province, the area of western Iraq where many Sunni-Arab insurgents are based, the military said today.

Assigned to regimental combat team 7, the Marines died yesterday from wounds sustained during enemy action, the command said.

The names of the deceased were withheld pending notification of relatives.

The deaths raised to at least 2,870 the number of US servicemen who have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an agency’s count.

So far this month in Iraq, 52 American service members have been killed or died.

Bureau Report