Five U.S. Marines killed by roadside bomb in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb blast in western Iraq killed five U.S. Marines on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Friday.

In a statement, the military said the troops from the 2nd Marine Division were in a vehicle in the town of Haqlaniya when they were killed by the explosion.

A young Iraq boy walks past the remains of a convoy that was attacked West of Baghdad June 10, 2005. A foreign-run convoy of civilian trucks was ambushed west of Baghdad this week and several of those working on it may be dead, the British-based security company that supervised it said on June 10.

Semper Fi my Marines