BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 3, SPA -- A U.S. Marine was killed in centralIraq, the military said Sunday. The Marine, assigned to the 2nd Light ArmoredReconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II MarineExpeditionary Force, was killed Saturday by an explosionwhile conducting combat operations in the city of Hadithah,the military said in a statement from Camp Fallujah. The Marine's name was withheld pending notification ofnext of kin. As of Saturday, April 2, 2005, at least 1,533 members ofthe U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraqwar in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. --SPA1149 Local Time 0849 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/251704