BAGHDAD (AP) The U.S. military says a suicide car bombing west of Baghdad has left two American Marines dead.

A statement says the attacker detonated a car filled with explosives at an entry control point in the vicinity of Ramadi.

The military says the blast also wounded three other Multi-National Force West Marines, along with two Iraqi police officers and 24 local residents.

Ramadi is the capital of the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Anbar province. It has been relatively peaceful since local tribal leaders joined forces with the U.S. military against al-Qaida in Iraq.

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