Soldier killed in Iraq

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

BAGHDAD (AFP) — The military has announced the death of a soldier in an non-combat incident in northern Iraq, bringing the toll for the month of July to 12, the lowest since the US invasion of 2003.

"A US soldier died in a non-combat related incident while conducting operations in Nineveh province July 31," according to military statement late on Thursday.

Two other soldiers were injured, it added, without providing further details.

The lastest death brings the US toll to 4,126 troops killed in Iraq, according to icasualties.org.

© 2008 AFP

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