U.S. service member killed Thursday in northern Iraq

An explosion near Mosul, Iraq.
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On Thursday, a U.S. service member died after he was injured in an IED blast in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

The military did not release any further details, but an official who asked for anonymity told USA Today that the soldier was part of the operation to liberate Mosul from the Islamic State. American advisers are working with Iraqi troops, who launched an offensive to retake Mosul on Monday, and while advisers typically do not participate in direct combat, earlier this week Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said that "Americans are in harm's way as part of this fight." This is the fourth death of a U.S. service member since troops were deployed in 2014 to assist Iraqi forces fighting ISIS.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.