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8月3日，駐伊美軍在伊拉克西北部地區執行任務時遭路邊炸彈襲擊，14名海軍陸戰隊隊員被打死。加上１日身亡的7名美軍士兵，3天內就有20余名海軍陸戰隊員在幼發拉底河沿岸被打死。這是美軍自2003年伊戰以來在單一事件中遭受的最慘重傷亡。外電報道如下：A roadside bomb
blast killed 14 Marines and a civilian interpreter Wednesday as they rode in a vehicle
near Haditha, Iraq, U.S. military officials said.
The military said the bomb struck the amphibious assault vehicle about
1 mile south of Haditha, a city along the Euphrates River about 135 miles
northwest of Baghdad. The military said one Marine was wounded.
The 14 Marines were all attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd
Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, the Pentagon said.
Amphibious assault
vehicle表示“水陸兩用裝甲車”，amphibious意為“兩棲的；水陸兩用的；海陸空協同作戰的；有雙重性格的”，如：amphibious
tanks（水陸兩用坦克）；amphibious assault ship（兩棲攻擊艦）；amphibious
operations（海陸空協同作戰）；amphibious corps（水陸兩棲機動部隊）。
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