Monday, March 09, 2020

2 US service members killed in Iraq

Devan Cole (CNN) reports:


Two US service members were killed on Sunday in Iraq by enemy forces, the Pentagon said in a statement Monday morning.
The individuals' names have not yet be released pending notification to next of kin.
The soldiers were killed while "advising and accompanying Iraqi Security Forces during a mission to eliminate an ISIS terrorist stronghold" in the country, the statement said.
The US-led coalition recovered the bodies of the service members Sunday evening.