AFP: Two US troops killed in Iraq

A US marine and a soldier were killed in separate attacks in Iraq on Monday, the US military announced Tuesday.

The marine was killed when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb during a combat operation near the former rebel bastion town of Fallujah, 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of Baghdad.

Earlier Tuesday, the military said a soldier was killed in a rocket attack by rebels in the south of Baghdad Monday.

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