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| US service member killed near Irbil, Iraq in 'enemy fire' | |
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| US Defense Secretary Ash Carter says an American service member has been killed in Iraq. A statement from the US-led forces in Iraq added the fatality was "a result of enemy fire." | |
| "It is a combat death, of course. And a very sad loss," the senior official told reporters at a press conference in Germany. | "It is a combat death, of course. And a very sad loss," the senior official told reporters at a press conference in Germany. |
| According to Carter, the serviceman was killed "in the neighborhood" of Irbil, northern Iraq. Irbil is the capital of semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. | |
| No further official details were given apart from the US-led "Operation Inherent Resolve" stating that a coalition "service member was killed in northern Iraq as a result of enemy fire." | |
| Earlier Tuesday US and coalition aircraft were said to be supporting forces battling Islamic State militants north of Mosul. Mosul is some 80 km (50 miles) west of Irbil. | |
| Operation Inherent Resolve was launched by Washington against Islamic State back in 2014. In December that year, a US Air Force pilot was killed when his F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed due to maintenance problems. | |
| Carter made his statement in Stuttgart, Germany, as he had arrived there to preside over a ceremony that sees a new commander of US European Command, Army General Curtis Scaparrotti, installed. Scaparrotti will replace Air Force General Philip Breedlove. |