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US military says 1 American soldier killed in Iraq's southern province of Basra

Published August 22, 2010
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Print Email Share Comments (0) Text Size BAGHDAD – BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military says an American solider has been killed in southern Iraq.

The military said in a statement the solider was killed Sunday while conducting operations in Iraq's southern province of Basra.

It was not immediately clear whether the soldier died as a result of hostile fire. The statement provided no details about the incident, saying only that it is under investigation.

This is the first fatality among U.S. troops in Iraq since the last American combat unit left the country earlier this week.

The name of the deceased soldier was being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The death raises to at least 4,416 the number of U.S. military personal killed in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. That's according to an Associated Press count.

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US solider killed in rocket attack in Iraq (AP)

22 August 2010 BAGHDAD — An American solider was killed in a rocket attack in southern Iraq on Sunday, the US military said, marking the first American fatality since the last combat unit in Iraq pulled out of the country.

Lt. Col. Bob Owen, a spokesman for the US military in Iraq, said the attack took place while the solider was conducting operations in Iraq’s southern province of Basra.

Owen declined to elaborate, and a US military statement provided no further details, saying only that the incident is under investigation.

The name of the deceased soldier was being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The death raises to at least 4,416 the number of US military personal killed in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. That’s according to an Associated Press count.

The fatality comes three days after the last American combat unit left Iraq. Some 50,000 US troops will stay another year in Iraq in what is designated as a noncombat role. They will primarily focus on training Iraq’s security forces.


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