Friday, December 18, 2015

Iraq Government Claim: 30 Iraqi Soldiers Killed In US Air Force Strike, 20 Others Injured

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Sputnik: Over 30 Iraqi Soldiers Killed in US Air Force Strike, 20 Others Injured

At least 30 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 20 others injured in US air strike, Hakim al-Zamili, the head of Iraqi parliament's Security and Defense Committee said.

"Thirty soldiers from the Iraqi Army's 55 brigade were killed and 20 were injured in a US airstrike on the town of al-Naimiya in the al-Fallujah province," al-Zamili's statement obtained by Sputnik reads.

The politician stated that he demanded "the [Iraqi] prime minister to conduct an investigation into the airstrike against the 55 brigade, which had previously had huge success in the fight against Daesh terrorists."

Update: 30+ Iraqi soldiers killed, 20 injured after US airstrike - Iraqi MP cited by Sputnik (RT)

WNU Editor: Only Russian media is carrying this story, and the Pentagon is denying that a "friendly fire" incident occurred .... Reports of US Airstrike Killing Iraqi Soldiers ‘Not True’ - Pentagon (Sputnik).

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