US casualty in Iraq shows risks of shifting front lines
By ThePeninsula| October 24th, 2016|Military News, U.S. Navy|0 Comments
ERBIL, Iraq: New details from a U.S. military investigation into Navy Chief Petty Officer Jason Finan’s death in Iraq are illustrating the twin risks of a bomb-ridden battlefield and shifting front lines in the campaign to retake the city of Mosul from Islamic State.
Finan on Thursday became the first U.S. military casualty in Iraq’s offensive to capture the city of 1.5 million people, a highly complex operation that is expected to become the biggest battle fought in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
At the time Finan was killed, he was helping troops avoid a roadside bomb he identified while they tried to reposition further back from the fighting–a precaution as Islamic State advanced toward Iraqi forces, a top general said on Sunday, disclosing new information about the incident.
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