BAGHDAD — An American serviceman killed in Iraq by fire from the Islamic State group has been identified as a Navy SEAL.
A U.S. official said the SEAL was killed during an attack on Iraqi Kurdish positions outside the Islamic State-held city of Mosul on Tuesday morning.
It was the third death of a U.S. service member in Iraq since the U.S.-led coalition launched its campaign against Islamic State militants in the summer of 2014. Defense Secretary Ash Carter called it a "combat death."
The official identifying the serviceman as a SEAL was speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to discuss the incident publicly.
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