Former UK minister wants troops out of
Iraq
Former British foreign secretary Robin Cook, who quit his
senior Government post in protest at military action in Iraq, has called
for British troops to be pulled out of the war in the Gulf.
US death toll rises as marines die
The American death toll in the Iraq conflict continues to
rise.
The US military says one of its Marines was killed after he was hit by a
Humvee jeep during a battle with Iraqi soldiers in southern-central Iraq.
In a separate statement it says another Marine drowned yesterday in
southern-central Iraq when a Humvee rolled into a canal.
