Iraq

Remember that war we're fighting?

At least six US marines have been killed in an ambush on a military convoy on the outskirts of Falluja in Iraq, a US military official says.

Several more were wounded in the attack, which was said to have involved a massive car bomb.

Falluja, 65km (40 miles) west of Baghdad, has witnessed some of the strongest resistance to US-led forces.

US troops have not patrolled inside the city since April after a three-week siege there in which hundreds died.

The US military has launched several air strikes on suspected insurgents in the city in the past few months, with reports of many Iraqi casualties.

UPDATE: The casualties have been confirmed. We are now seven deaths away from having lost 1,000 soldiers in Iraq. Will the media give this horrible milestone the coverage it deserves?