UPDATE: 2 US Marines were killed in Iraq during mission to clear mountain cave complex used by ISIS fighters, military officials say; US conducted airstrikes during and after fight, but operating and the ensuing recovery of wounded and dead lasted all day.
WASHINGTON — Two U.S. Marines were killed in Iraq during a mission to clear out an extensive mountain cave complex where ISIS fighters were hiding and living, three military officials said Monday.
The Marines, from an elite Marine Raiders unit, were accompanying and advising Iraqi security forces during a raid Sunday on the ISIS stronghold in the Qara Chockh Mountains of north central Iraq and were killed by"enemy forces," according to a from the Combined Joint Task Force — Operation Inherent Resolve. Four other U.S. troops were wounded, said the military officials.Sign Up
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