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March 21, 2016

U.S. Marine Killed in Iraq, Revealing Presence of New Base
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A U.S. marine has been killed in northern Iraq. The Pentagon said Staff
Sgt. Louis Cardin was killed Saturday by enemy rocket fire near Makhmur.
He was 27. His death appears to have revealed the existence of a new
U.S. fire base in Iraq where CNN reports hundreds of marines have been
living in tents. Cardin is the second U.S. servicemember killed since
the U.S. campaign against ISIL began in 2014.
Topics:Iraq

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