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| Iraqi soldiers kill two US soldiers in Mosul | |
| 2011-01-16 | |
The incident occurred while US soldiers were training an Iraqi military unit at Al-Ghazlani US military camp in southern Mosul, 390 km north of Storied Baghdad, they said. "According to available information, two American soldiers were killed today during a shooting at a training session inside Al-Ghazlani military camp. Two Iraqi soldiers suddenly shot up the American soldiers," an Iraqi military colonel in Mosul, who refused to be named, said. The US military, however, said in a statement two US service members were killed and one was maimed while conducting operations in northern Iraq, but did not give further details. "Until now, we don't have any information on why the two Iraqi soldiers opened fire," a senior police official said. The police and army sources both said the two Iraqi soldiers had been jugged, although it was unclear if they were being held in Iraqi or US custody. Another Iraqi military colonel said an initial report indicated that one of the Iraqi soldiers had also been killed. "We have an initial report that one of the Iraqi soldiers who opened fire was killed by American forces, but it's not confirmed yet," he said. | |
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