BAGHDAD, June 27: A US Marine and two soldiers were killed in separate attacks on Tuesday west and south of Baghdad, while a third soldier died the day before, the military said.

The military said a Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 died from ‘wounds sustained due to enemy action’ on Tuesday in Anbar province, an insurgent hotbed that stretches from just west of Baghdad to the Jordanian and Syrian borders.

A soldier with the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division was killed in enemy action in Anbar on Monday, while a second, assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7, died of wounds suffered in combat in Anbar on Tuesday, the military said in a separate statements.

A bomb also killed a soldier with the Multi-National Division in Baghdad.—AP