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US confirms American citizen killed in rocket attack in Iraqi Kurdistan

US confirms American citizen killed in rocket attack in Iraqi Kurdistan

Smoke rises from the Iraqi Kurdistan headquarters of the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran, after Iran's Revolutionary Guards' strike on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq Sept. 28, 2022. (Credit: Ako Rasheed/Reuters)

WASHINGTON — US State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel on Thursday confirmed that a US citizen was killed in the Iranian rocket attack that targeted dissident sites in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Wednesday.

Patel said he could not make any further comment on the case due to privacy considerations.

Washington said on Wednesday no US officials or military personnel were killed in the strike.


(Reporting by Simon Lewis Editing by Chris Reese)


WASHINGTON — US State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel on Thursday confirmed that a US citizen was killed in the Iranian rocket attack that targeted dissident sites in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Wednesday.Patel said he could not make any further comment on the case due to privacy considerations.Washington said on Wednesday no US officials or military personnel were killed in the...