1 Killed, 1 injured in Iraq

Stars & Stripes reports that one American service member and another was injured in an IED ambush in Iraq;

Names and circumstances were being withheld pending next of kin notification and would be disclosed “at the discretion of the pertinent national authorities,” the coalition said in a statement.

At least seven U.S. servicemembers have been killed this year in action while fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. A dozen U.S. servicemembers have lost their lives in combat situations since operations against ISIS began in August 2014, according to Pentagon data released before Sunday’s death. More than 50 have been wounded in action.

Category: Terror War