U.S. service member killed in Iraq: U.S. defense chief

[May 03, 2016]    STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - A U.S. servicemember has been killed in northern Iraq, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday.

"It is a combat death, of course. And a very sad loss," Carter told reporters in Stuttgart.

Carter gave no details about the service member who was killed but said the incident occurred near Erbil.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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