SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES
Two Fort Lewis-based soldiers were killed and five others were injured while disposing of explosives in northern Iraq, the Coalition Press Center in Baghdad said Monday night.
A news center spokesman said the explosion occurred around 12:45 p.m. Baghdad time, or shortly before 2 a.m. PST. The identities of the soldiers and the exact unit to which they were attached were not released pending notification of relatives. The soldiers were with Task Force Olympia, a subelement of Fort Lewis' I Corps, of which the 4,000-member Stryker Brigade Combat Team is the largest force.
2 Fort Lewis soldiers killed in Iraq
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[Link to Full Article]SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES
Two Fort Lewis-based soldiers were killed and five others were injured while disposing of explosives in northern Iraq, the Coalition Press Center in Baghdad said Monday night.
A news center spokesman said the explosion occurred around 12:45 p.m. Baghdad time, or shortly before 2 a.m. PST. The identities of the soldiers and the exact unit to which they were attached were not released pending notification of relatives. The soldiers were with Task Force Olympia, a subelement of Fort Lewis' I Corps, of which the 4,000-member Stryker Brigade Combat Team is the largest force.
