U.S. Marines battled insurgents with tanks and aircraft Sunday in western Iraq after the Americans came under attack from a village schoolhouse, the U.S. military said. Eleven insurgents were killed, the military said. The battle started when Marines from Regimental Combat Team-2 were attacked with mortar fire from insurgents firing from a schoolhouse in a village near Haditha, 220 kilometers (140 miles) northwest of Baghdad. The building was rigged with explosives and fortified with at least three .30 caliber machine guns in the windows, The Associated Press quoted a military statement as saying.
