US says service member killed in controlled detonation in north Iraq

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A US service member died during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone in northern Iraq, the military said Sunday.

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The death on Saturday takes to 17 the confirmed number of American military fatalities since the US and Israel launched the war with a wave of strikes on Iranian targets on February 28.

Two US service members were killed on Friday in Jordan, and unidentified remains have been found at the location, the US Central Command added Sunday.