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| A security contractor from Northern Ireland has been killed in Iraq on the day he was honoured for courage. | A security contractor from Northern Ireland has been killed in Iraq on the day he was honoured for courage. |
| Ray Moore, 40, from Tandragee in County Armagh, died in an explosion on Friday. | Ray Moore, 40, from Tandragee in County Armagh, died in an explosion on Friday. |
| Mr Moore had just been honoured by the Royal Humane Society for helping rescue US soldiers wounded by a suicide bomber. | Mr Moore had just been honoured by the Royal Humane Society for helping rescue US soldiers wounded by a suicide bomber. |
| David Seaton from his employers, ArmorGroup International, said a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle. | David Seaton from his employers, ArmorGroup International, said a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle. |
| He said that he was "a very brave individual" who had been in the military for 16 years after being a policeman and then becoming a security contractor. | He said that he was "a very brave individual" who had been in the military for 16 years after being a policeman and then becoming a security contractor. |
| "Attacks and injuries happen on a regular basis - therefore no-one is shielded from it," he said. | "Attacks and injuries happen on a regular basis - therefore no-one is shielded from it," he said. |
| "In an incident like this when someone as respected as Ray dies, then his colleagues will be devastated - there will be a pause for contemplation and the majority will continue with the work." | "In an incident like this when someone as respected as Ray dies, then his colleagues will be devastated - there will be a pause for contemplation and the majority will continue with the work." |
| Mr Moore was among a group of British security advisors who mounted a daring rescue operation to save US servicemen after a suicide bomb attack. | Mr Moore was among a group of British security advisors who mounted a daring rescue operation to save US servicemen after a suicide bomb attack. |
| He and five colleagues worked in extreme heat to drag concrete slabs away and pull injured soldiers from underneath a bridge which was in danger of collapsing in Mahmoudiya. | |
| ArmorGroup has provided protective security services to government and commercial clients involved in the reconstruction process in Iraq since 2003. | ArmorGroup has provided protective security services to government and commercial clients involved in the reconstruction process in Iraq since 2003. |