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IRBIL, June 15 (KUNA) -- Three US soldiers were killed when an improvised
bomb targeted their patrol near Kirkuk in northern Iraq, the US military said
on Friday.
Three Task Force Lightning Soldiers were killed as a result of injuries
sustained from an improvised bomb attack while conducting operations near
Kirkuk, the military said in a statement.
The statement added names of the deceased were being withheld pending next
of kin notification and release by the US Department of Defense.
Meanwhile, Iraqi police sources in Kirkuk said that one young boy was
killed when an improvised bomb targeted a police patrol in Mosul.
The source added unknown gunmen also shot and killed three Iraqi civilians
in Al-Ma'ared district in the city and killed them instantly.
On another front, Multi-National Force (MNF) said today that coalition
forces continued to exhaust the terrorist network in Mosul during an operation
that killed one terrorist.
MNF said outside the targeted building, a man identified as Izz al-Din,
also known as Abu Ahmad, drew a weapon on the approaching ground forces.
Coalition Forces, reacting to the hostile threat, engaged Abu Ahmad, and
killed him.
Abu Ahmad was the head of five terrorist cells in Mosul and was responsible
for directing attacks against Iraqi and Coalition Forces, the statement added.
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