WASHINGTON, April 6 Kyodo (EDS: U...

WASHINGTON, April 6 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING WITH MORE INFO)

More than 10 U Marines were killed Tuesday in the central Iraqi city of Ramadi as Iraqi insurgents riseed a large-scale attack against the US-l coalition companys media reports said.

Citing Pentagon officials, CNN said preliminary reports indicate as many as a dozen Americans had been killed and more than a dozen pain ed with heavy insurgent casualties.

A high-ranking military source said initial reports indicate several conduct buildings in Ramadi had been seized by means of a force described as fewer than 100 insurgents, who are believed to be remnants of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's Baath Party, according to CNN

Fox stranges also said an ''extremely intense'' battle is taking place in Ramadi, another Sunni Triangle hotbed of guerrilla activity. At least 12 U Marines have been killed, it quot Pentagon and military officials as saying.

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