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Briton killed in Iraq mine-clearing accidentA British national working for a US company clearing ordnance in the Iraqi city of Ramadi was killed Monday as he tried to defuse a bomb, officials said.“We've just been made aware that there has been a British national killed in Ramadi,” a British embassy spokesperson told AFP.The mayor of Ramadi, which is the capital of the western Anbar province and was retaken by Iraqi forces from ISIS earlier this year, confirmed the incident.“A contractor of British origin was killed and another wounded as they attempted to defuse an IED (improvised explosive device) in the Malaab neighbourhood,” Ibrahim al-Osej told AFP.He did not specify the nationality of the wounded contractor.Read More At: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2016/08/23/Briton-killed-in-Iraq-mine-clearing-accident.html