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Civilian contractor killed, U.S. service member wounded in Iraq attack



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A U.S. defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe an evolving assessment, said the attack appeared to involve 14 rockets that targeted a U.S. facility in the vicinity of the Irbil airport. One U.S. service member suffered a concussion. Four American contractors working with the coalition military operation were injured and one non-American contractor was injured.One non-American contractor was killed. Military officials did not have an immediate independent assessment of who launched the attack, the official said. ​Iraqi President Barham Salih called the attack “a dangerous escalation and a criminal terrorist attack.”At least …

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