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Two Camp Pendleton corporals killed in Anbar province

By: GIG CONAUGHTON - Staff Writer

CAMP PENDLETON -- Two corporals from Camp Pendleton's I Marine Expeditionary Force were killed July 5 in Iraq's Anbar province, Defense Department officials said this week.

Cpl. Jeremy D. Allbaugh, 21, of Luther, Okla., and Lance Cpl. Steven A. Stacy, 23, of Coos Bay, Ore., were killed in separate incidents. According to reports from the men's hometown newspapers, Allbaugh was killed by a roadside explosion, and Stacy was shot about six miles northeast of Fallujah.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/07/12/military/8_97_007_11_07.txt


Iraq 'vendetta attack' kills 11

At least 11 people have died in western Iraq after insurgents locked them into a house in Anbar province and blew it up, the US military has said.

A military spokesman, Major Jeff Pool, said it may have been a "vendetta attack" against people in the village, Karmah, for supporting the military.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6293502.stm