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  • Two US soldiers shot dead by Iraqi comrade after sports row

    09/07/2010 12:37:42 PM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 21 replies
    AFP ^ | Sept. 7, 2010
    BAGHDAD (AFP) - – Two American soldiers were killed and nine wounded on Tuesday when an Iraqi soldier opened fire after an argument over a sports match they had been playing, US and Iraqi military officials said. The shooting, which resulted in the first American fatalities since Washington declared an end to combat operations in Iraq last week, occurred within an Iraqi army compound near the city of Tuz Khurmatu in Salaheddin province, while a US army company was visiting local security forces. "Eleven US soldiers were engaged with small arms fire, killing two and wounding nine, inside an Iraqi...