FOX News: US service member killed in northern Iraq, Defense Secretary says
A U.S. service member has been killed in northern Iraq, defense secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday.
Carter gave no details about the service member who was killed. U.S. officials said the death occurred about 20 miles north of Mosul "in the neighborhood" of the city of Irbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan.
"It is a combat death, of course. And a very sad loss," Carter told reporters in Stuttgart, Germany, where he was attending a ceremony installing a new commander of U.S. European Command.
A statement by the U.S.-led coalition confirmed that the service member was killed by enemy fire. A defense official told Fox News the American was an adviser to Kurdish Peshmerga troops. He was killed by "direct fire" after ISIS forces penetrated the Peshmerga's forward line. The American was three to two to three miles behind that front line, the official said.
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WNU Editor: Apparently he was killed because of a major offensive being launched by the Islamic State, coupled with the many breaches that have occurred along the front .... Islamic State breaches peshmerga defenses north of Mosul (Reuters).
More News On Reports That A U.S. Marine Has Been Killed In Combat In Iraq
Defense Secretary Carter: American killed in combat in Iraq -- AP
U.S. service member killed in Iraq: U.S. defense chief -- Reuters
U.S. Service Member Is Killed in Northern Iraq in Fight With ISIS -- NYT
U.S. serviceman killed by 'enemy fire' in northern Iraq -- Washington Post
U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq by Islamic State Fire -- WSJ
"Enemy fire" kills U.S. troop in northern Iraq -- CBS
American Serviceman Dies in Iraq Near Irbil -- NBC
US Serviceman Killed in Combat by ISIS Forces in Northern Iraq -- ABC News
Defense Secretary: U.S. serviceman killed in Iraq -- USA Today
US service member killed near Irbil, Iraq in 'enemy fire' -- RT
Update: US serviceman killed by enemy fire in northern Iraq -- RUDAW
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Yes he was killed by an Iraqi soldiers
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