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Eugene

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Sat Apr 20, 2019, 12:27 PM Apr 2019

U.S. service member dies in non-combat incident in Iraq: statement

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS APRIL 20, 2019 / 8:36 AM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO

U.S. service member dies in non-combat incident in Iraq: statement

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An American service member died in a “non-combat incident” on Saturday in Ninawa Province, Iraq, the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State said in a statement.

The statement did not identify the service member, nor give details of the incident, and said further information would be released “as appropriate.”

Reporting by Yeganeh Torbati; Editing by Toby Chopra


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/u-s-service-member-dies-in-non-combat-incident-in-iraq-statement-idUSKCN1RW0BO
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