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08-02-2005, 10:29 AM
Seven Marines die in two Iraq attacks
Tuesday, August 2, 2005; Posted: 9:52 a.m. EDT (13:52 GMT)
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A soldier stands near wreckage from a suicide car bombing Tuesday in Baghdad.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.main/index.html)) -- Seven U.S. Marines died Monday in two incidents north of Baghdad, the military said Tuesday.
According to military news releases, six Marines died in combat near Haditha, about 135 miles (217 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad.
Another Marine died in a suicide car bombing near Hit, 95 miles (152 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad.
All seven were assigned to Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force.
The deaths brought the number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war to 1,800, according to military reports.
U.S. convoy hit
A suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. military convoy in Baghdad on Tuesday, wounding 29 people, Iraqi police said.
Police said the attacker struck as the convoy traveled though an underpass beneath al-Tahrir Square. Fifteen vehicles were destroyed.
Police said they found the remains of the suicide bomber.
In Baquba, meanwhile, police said gunmen on Tuesday killed a Diyala province Health Ministry official and his driver near Diyala Medical College.
Dr. Abdul Hassan Mehdi was director of Khalis General Hospital in the town of Khalis, police said.
Also in Baquba on Tuesday, a bomb attack on an Iraqi police convoy killed a police officer and a child, police said. Seven police and a civilian were wounded in the blast. Baquba is about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Baghdad.
Constitution on track
A committee drafting Iraq's new constitution has decided against requesting a six-month extension of its August 15 deadline, its chairman told Iraq's transitional National Assembly on Monday.
Officials had until Monday to request the deadline extension.
The constitution is to be handed to the National Assembly by August 15. It then faces approval before moving onto to a public referendum in October.
If the constitution passes, elections for a new parliament must occur by mid-December with a new government in place by the end of 2005. (Full story)
Other developments
# Ohio's 2nd Congressional District holds a special election Tuesday pitting Democratic Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett, a critic of President Bush, against Republican Jean Schmidt. If successful, Hackett would be the first Iraq war combat veteran elected to Congress. (Full story)
# Fifteen bodies were found in the area of Um Al Ma'alif near Baya'a in southwestern Baghdad on Monday, Iraqi police said. Witnesses told police that men in a blue minivan pulled over to the side of the road and dumped the bodies. Some of the bodies had been beheaded.
CNN's Enes Dulami, Cal Perry and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.
Pray for their families, and that their death will mean something greater than the stupid fucking blunder this war has become.
Tuesday, August 2, 2005; Posted: 9:52 a.m. EDT (13:52 GMT)
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.main/story.tuesday.bomb.ap.jpg
A soldier stands near wreckage from a suicide car bombing Tuesday in Baghdad.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/02/iraq.main/index.html)) -- Seven U.S. Marines died Monday in two incidents north of Baghdad, the military said Tuesday.
According to military news releases, six Marines died in combat near Haditha, about 135 miles (217 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad.
Another Marine died in a suicide car bombing near Hit, 95 miles (152 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad.
All seven were assigned to Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force.
The deaths brought the number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war to 1,800, according to military reports.
U.S. convoy hit
A suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. military convoy in Baghdad on Tuesday, wounding 29 people, Iraqi police said.
Police said the attacker struck as the convoy traveled though an underpass beneath al-Tahrir Square. Fifteen vehicles were destroyed.
Police said they found the remains of the suicide bomber.
In Baquba, meanwhile, police said gunmen on Tuesday killed a Diyala province Health Ministry official and his driver near Diyala Medical College.
Dr. Abdul Hassan Mehdi was director of Khalis General Hospital in the town of Khalis, police said.
Also in Baquba on Tuesday, a bomb attack on an Iraqi police convoy killed a police officer and a child, police said. Seven police and a civilian were wounded in the blast. Baquba is about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Baghdad.
Constitution on track
A committee drafting Iraq's new constitution has decided against requesting a six-month extension of its August 15 deadline, its chairman told Iraq's transitional National Assembly on Monday.
Officials had until Monday to request the deadline extension.
The constitution is to be handed to the National Assembly by August 15. It then faces approval before moving onto to a public referendum in October.
If the constitution passes, elections for a new parliament must occur by mid-December with a new government in place by the end of 2005. (Full story)
Other developments
# Ohio's 2nd Congressional District holds a special election Tuesday pitting Democratic Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett, a critic of President Bush, against Republican Jean Schmidt. If successful, Hackett would be the first Iraq war combat veteran elected to Congress. (Full story)
# Fifteen bodies were found in the area of Um Al Ma'alif near Baya'a in southwestern Baghdad on Monday, Iraqi police said. Witnesses told police that men in a blue minivan pulled over to the side of the road and dumped the bodies. Some of the bodies had been beheaded.
CNN's Enes Dulami, Cal Perry and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.
Pray for their families, and that their death will mean something greater than the stupid fucking blunder this war has become.