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SEAL death shows growing risks US troops face in Iraq, Syria

by Thomas WATKINS WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — The killing of a Navy SEAL by Islamic State fighters highlights the increasing risks US troops face in Iraq and Syria as they inch ever closer toward the jihadists’ front lines. IS fighters on Tuesday used suicide bombers and firepower to blast their way past Kurdish peshmerga forces that US troops were supporting north of Mosul in northern Iraq. The fallen SEAL had been visiting a […]