Two More U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq

An ambush on a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol northwest of Baghdad left 15 civilians, eight insurgents and a U.S. Marine dead from a roadside bomb and the firefight that followed, a U.S. military statement said Sunday.

The attack began Saturday with a roadside bomb detonating next to the Marine's vehicle in Haditha, 140 miles northwest of Baghdad, the U.S. command said.

Fifteen Iraqi civilians also were killed by the blast, which was followed by an insurgent shooting attack, the statement said.

"Iraqi army soldiers and Marines returned fire, killing eight insurgents and wounding another," the statement said.

A later statement said a U.S. soldier was killed by small-arms fire while on patrol north of Baghdad. No other details were provided.

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Insurgents killed an American soldier near Baghdad and a British trooper in the south Sunday, and U.S. forces sealed off a house in the northern city of Mosul where eight suspected al-Qaida members died in a shootout — some by their own hand to avoid capture.

In Washington, a U.S. counterterrorism official said the identities of the suspected al-Qaida members was unknown. When asked if they could include terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the official replied: "There are efforts under way to determine if he was killed."

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information.

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U.S. Deaths Confirmed by DOD: 2083
Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DOD Confirmation: 11
Total 2094

Most Recent Confirmed:
Marine Lance Cpl Nickolas D. Schiavoni/26/Haverhill, Mass
Army Spc Alexis Roman-Cruz/33/Brandon, Fla
Marine Lance Cpl Roger W. Deeds/24/Biloxi, Miss
Marine Lance Cpl John A. Lucente/19/Grass Valley, Calif
Marine Cpl Jeffry A. Rogers/21/Oklahoma City; Ok
Marine Cpl Joshua J. Ware/20/Apache, Ok

LIST OF ALL CONFIRMED DEAD