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Danish soldier killed in southern Iraq
Oct 6, 2006, 13:39 GMT
Copenhagen - A Danish soldier was killed in southern Iraq in connection with a firefight in the Al Harta region, becoming the sixth soldier from Denmark to be killed in Iraq, the Danish military command said Friday.
The soldier was part of a force dispatched late Thursday to take on suspected rebels that have been firing rockets and grenades at the Danish and British military camps in southern Iraq.
During the firefight he was hit, and seriously wounded and died later of his wounds in a British field hospital, the miltary said.
Defence Minister Soren Gade, Defence Forces chief General Jesper Helso and the head of the Danish military command, Major General Poul Kiaerskou expressed regret over the incident.
Denmark has a 530-strong Danish contingent in Iraq. Their mandate was extended earlier this year until next July.
© 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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