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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/04/international/middleeast/04iraq.html
14 Marines Killed by Roadside Bomb in Iraq
(New York Times) Dexter Filkins and Eric Schmitt - 14 U.S. marines were killed Wednesday in Iraq when their troop carrier was blown up by a huge roadside bomb in the western town of Haditha. Haditha is one of a string of cities along the Euphrates River that American commanders believe forms the network that shuttles insurgents traveling through Syria into Iraq.