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                Iranian General Killed by Islamic State in Iraq

   by VOA News

   Iran's Revolutionary Guard says one of its senior officials was killed
   Saturday while fighting the Islamic State in Iraq.

   In a statement on its website Sunday, the Guard says that Brigadier
   General Hamid Taqavi was "martyred" while serving in an advisory role
   to the Iraqi Army defending Samarra, a city north of Baghdad. Samarra
   is home to the Al Askari Shrine, one of the most important Shi'ite
   shrines.

   Reuters reports that Taqavi was killed by Islamic State sniper fire
   which also wounded several people who were with him.

   Taqavi was a veteran of the eight-year Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s.

   Shi'ite Iran has recently increased its role in combating Islamic State
   militants by providing military advice and training to the Iraqi army.
   It has denied sending combat troops.
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