The slain soldier, of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, was moving in the ground assault in southern Iraq, said Lt. Col.Neal Peckham, a British military spokesman in Kuwait.

• 科威特的一名英国军队发言人Lt-Col-Neal Peckham称，这名美国海军陆战队的士兵是在伊拉克南部行进中被击毙的。