Four U.S. Marines Killed Near Fallujah

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By BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press Writer

FALLUJAH, Iraq - U.S. troops battled Iraqi guerrillas Tuesday on the edges of Fallujah, which hundreds of Marines and Iraqi troops have surrounded in a major operation to pacify one of Iraq's most violent cities. The military reported four Marines killed in the area.

Meanwhile, a radical Shiite cleric being sought by U.S. forces announced Tuesday he had left the mosque in the city of Kufa, south of Baghdad, where he has been holed up for the past two days, surrounded by armed militiamen.

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