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.

• 美国国防部官员星期五称，美国海军陆战队一名士兵在与伊拉克军队的交火中被击毙，这是美伊战争打响以来，第一个在战场上牺牲的美国士兵。