A U.S. Marine has been killed in Iraq，becoming the first reported combat death of the war, defense officials said Friday.

　　美国国防部官员星期五称，美国海军陆战队一名士兵在与伊拉克军队的交火中被击毙，这是美伊战争打响以来，第一个在战场上牺牲的美国士兵。

　　The slain soldier, of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, was moving in the ground assault in southern Iraq, said Lt. Col. Neal Peckham, a British military spokesman in Kuwait.

　　科威特的一名英国军队发言人Lt-Col-Neal Peckham称，这名美国海军陆战队的士兵是在伊拉克南部行进中被击毙的。

　　Peckham said he had no further details.

　　Peckham表示他还没有更详细的消息。

　　The incident came hours after eight British and four U.S. soldiers died in a U.S. Marine helicopter crash. A British military spokesman said the crash was an accident.

　　这次事件是在美军一直升飞机坠毁后数小时后发生的。英国军队发言人称飞机坠毁是(机械)事故。

　　American and British troops encountered both hostile fire and white flags in their race across the desert, with some 200 Iraqi soldiers surrendering to the U.S. 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit just over an hour after it crossed the border from northern Kuwait.

　　美英部队在穿越沙漠途中，既遭到伊拉克军队的强烈炮火，也有一些伊拉克士兵主动投降，在美军穿越科威特北部边境一小时后，大约有200名士兵向美国第15海军陆战队投降。

　　Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said direct talks were taking place with Iraqi forces and it was possible the "full force and fury of a war" could be averted.

　　美国国防部长Donald H-Rumsfeld称，正与伊拉克军方展开直接对话，以期能够避免“全面武力和硝烟的战争”。