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| US says it killed ISIS militant who killed Marine in Iraq | |
| 2016-04-04 | |
The anti-Islamic State coalition conducting airstrikes in Iraq and Syria has killed the IS militant believed responsible for an attack on U.S. troops in northern Iraq last month that left a Marine dead, it said on Sunday, Reuters reported.
"We have information (that) he was a rocket expert, he controlled these attacks," said Warren, referring to the shelling of a base used by U.S. troops near the town of Makhmour, located between Mosul and Kirkuk. That attack killed Marine Staff Sergeant Louis Cardin and wounded eight others, all part of a company-sized detachment of less than 200 troops. They provide force protection fire to Iraqi army troops, who are making slow progress in a campaign to clear areas around Mosul, an IS stronghold. Cardin's was the second combat death of an American service member in Iraq since the start of the campaign to fight the militant group in 2014. Warren said five other Islamic State fighters were killed in the air strike. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |