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Reports of US Airstrike Killing Iraqi Soldiers ‘Not True’ - Pentagon

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The Pentagon denied claims that Iraqi soldiers were killed as a result of the US airstrikes. 18.12.2015, Sputnik International

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Reports of US Airstrike Killing Iraqi Soldiers ‘Not True’ - Pentagon

14:41 GMT 18.12.2015 (Updated: 10:39 GMT 06.08.2022)

© AFP 2023 / SABAH ARAR One of the two recently delivered F-16 fighter jets from the US is seen on the tarmac at Iraq's Balad air base in the Salaheddin province, north of the capital Baghdad, on July 20, 2015

One of the two recently delivered F-16 fighter jets from the US is seen on the tarmac at Iraq's Balad air base in the Salaheddin province, north of the capital Baghdad, on July 20, 2015 - Sputnik International

The Pentagon denied claims that Iraqi soldiers were killed as a result of the US airstrikes.

Smoke rises following a U.S.-led coalition airstrike against Islamic State group positions as a bulldozer belonging to the Iraqi security forces backed by Shiite and pro-government Sunni fighters is deployed for fighting against Islamic State group militants in Tash district in southern Ramadi, Anbar province, Iraq - Sputnik International

Over 30 Iraqi Soldiers Killed in US Air Force Strike, 20 Others Injured

18 December 2015, 12:39 GMT

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Claims of a US airstrike killing more than 30 Iraqi soldiers are not accurate, US Defense Department spokesman Maj. Roger Cabiness told Sputnik on Friday.

“This is not true,” Cabiness said when asked to confirm reports of the incident.

At least 30 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 20 others injured in US air strike, Hakim al-Zamili, the head of Iraqi parliament's Security and Defense Committee said earlier.