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Pentagon: Blast kills US service member outside Mosul

BAGHDAD — A U.S. servicemember in Iraq was killed Saturday by an explosive device outside Mosul, according to a statement released by the Pentagon.

The Pentagon said the servicemember died from wounds sustained in an “explosive device blast,” stating further information would be released as appropriate.

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BAGHDAD — A U.S. servicemember in Iraq was killed Saturday by an explosive device outside Mosul, according to a statement released by the Pentagon.

The Pentagon said the servicemember died from wounds sustained in an “explosive device blast,” stating further information would be released as appropriate.

Finan was part of a team of advisers assisting Iraq’s Kurdish fighters known as the Peshmerga.

 

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