Two US soldiers were killed and six wounded in an explosion as they tried to dispose of weaponry in northern Iraq. US Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt told reporters Mondat that the blast at Sinjar, 120 kilometres (74 miles) west of the main northern city of Mosul, did not appear to involve hostile action. “We have reports that two US soldiers were killed in action, and six wounded in the vicinity of Sinjar while conducting ordnance disposal operations,” said Kimmitt, the deputy director of coalition military operations. Full Story
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