Baghdad, Dec 10, SPA -- One U.S. Marine was killed in combatin Iraq's volatile western Anbar province, the militarysaid Friday. The Marine, who was assigned to the 1st MarineExpeditionary Force, was killed Thursday "while conductingsecurity and stabilization operations in the AnbarProvince," the military said in a statement. His death takes the number of U.S. troops to at least1,282 to have died since the war began in March 2003,according to an Associated Press count. --SPA1107 Local Time 0807 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/223766