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Danish soldier killed in southern Iraq
 COPENHAGEN - A Danish soldier was killed in southern Iraq in connection with a fire fight in the Al Harta region, becoming the sixth soldier from Denmark to be killed in Iraq, the Danish military command said on Friday.The soldier was part of a force dispatched late Thursday to take on suspected rebels that have been firing rockets and grenades at the Danish and British military camps in southern Iraq. During the firefight he was hit, and seriously wounded and died later of his wounds in a British field hospital, the miltary said. Denmark has a 530-strong Danish contingent in Iraq. Their mandate was extended earlier this year until next July. Posted by: Steve White 2006-10-07 |
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