WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq: A U.S. soldier died on Wednesday of wounds sustained by a sniper in north of Kut, according to a well-informed source.“The soldier, who was seriously wounded this afternoon by a sniper in al-Nuaamaniya district, north of Kut, died,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, noting that the medical team in al-Nuaamaniya military hospital failed to save his life as his wounds were deadly,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
A police source had said earlier that an unknown sniper shot a soldier of U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team while on duty in al-Nuaamaniya district, north of Kut.