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Eugene

(61,817 posts)
Tue May 31, 2016, 01:51 PM May 2016

Two U.S. service members injured in Iraq, Syria: Pentagon

Source: Reuters

World | Tue May 31, 2016 12:57pm EDT

Two U.S. service members injured in Iraq, Syria: Pentagon

Two U.S. service members were injured over the weekend, one each in Iraq and Syria, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday.

"They were not on the front lines, they were not engaged in active combat, but they were hit in both cases by indirect fire and suffered injuries," Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said.

The United States has authorized 4,087 troops in Iraq and 300 in Syria.

Since December, Iraqi forces trained by the U.S. military and backed by coalition air strikes have taken back territory from Islamic State, which seized swathes of Iraq and Syria in 2014.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-usa-casualties-idUSKCN0YM23J
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Two U.S. service members injured in Iraq, Syria: Pentagon (Original Post) Eugene May 2016 OP
There are no boots on the ground. BlueNoMatterWho May 2016 #1
It's True! catnhatnh May 2016 #2

catnhatnh

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Tue May 31, 2016, 03:06 PM
May 2016

A hole from mortar shrapnel is completely different from a hole made by rifle fire. See-rifle fire is aimed and deliberate and constitutes combat while mortar fragments are a random surprise like winning at bingo...

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