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The Hill
11 hours ago
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2 soldiers killed in separate non-combat incidents in Iraq, Kuwait
The Pentagon on Wednesday announced the deaths of two soldiers killed in separate, 'non-combat' incidents earlier this week in Iraq and Kuwait. Staff Sgt. Saul Fabian Gonzalez, 26, of Pullman, Mich., died Tuesday in Erbil, Iraq, and Sgt. 1st Class Emmett Wilfred Goodridge Jr., 40, of Roseville, Minn., died Sunday in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, according to a Defense Department statement. No further details were given as to the cause of the deaths, which are both under investigation. Gonzalez had been assigned to D Troop, 2nd Squadron, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Ky., while Goodridge was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. Both men had been supporting Operation Inherent Resolve at the time of their deaths. The operation is tasked with keeping the Islamic State at bay in the Middle East after the caliphate was defeated in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria in 2019. Deaths of U.S. troops deployed to the Middle East are increasingly rare following the end of the Afghanistan war in 2021 and a 2024 agreement between the United States and Iraq to withdraw U.S.-led coalition forces from the country by the end of 2026. But the area remains volatile, thanks to the Iranian-backed militia groups that can attack American forces in the region, with three Army soldiers killed in a drone attack on a small U.S. outpost in Jordan in January 2024. And since Israel launched strikes on Iran on June 13, at least five U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria have come under fire from Tehran-supported militants, according to Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Long War Journal.
American Military News
10-05-2025
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- American Military News
UK police detain 7 Iranians in 2 separate counterterrorism operations
This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. British police have arrested eight men — including seven Iranian nationals — in two apparently unrelated counterterrorism operations, officers said on May 4, and authorities are attempting to determine if there are 'any further risks' to the public. 'These were two major operations that reflect some of the biggest counter-state threat and counterterrorism operations that we have seen in recent years,' Interior Secretary Yvette Cooper told reporters on May 4. Specific details remained scarce regarding to two actions. London's Metropolitan Police said five men, including four Iranians, were arrested on May 3 over a suspected plot to target a specific, undisclosed site. Authorities said they were still attempting to determine the nationality of the fifth suspect. Separately, three Iranian nationals aged between 39 and 55 were arrested in London in a second operation that was not related to the first matter, the Metropolitan Police said. The Iranian Embassy in London did not immediately comment on the arrests. In the first incident, the men, aged 29 to 40, were detained in West London and in Swindon, Stockport, Rochdale, and Manchester, police said. 'The investigation relates to a suspected plot to target a specific premises. Officers have been in contact with the affected site to make them aware and provide relevant advice and support, but for operational reasons, we are not able to provide further information at this time,' a police statement said. Commander Dominic Murphy, chief of London police's Counter Terrorism Command, said, 'We are exploring various lines of enquiry to…identify whether there may be any further risk to the public linked to this matter.' Authorities said the suspects are undergoing questioning and have not yet been formally charged. In the second case, the three Iranian nationals were detained under the National Security Act, authorities said, without disclosing further details. Searches were ongoing at their addresses, the police statement read. The arrests come at a time of intensified tensions over suspected Tehran-supported activities in Britain. Last year, Ken McCallum, the head of Britain's domestic spy service, said that since 2022, authorities had responded to 20 Iran-linked plots that potentially posed lethal threats to the public. At the time, McCallum said hostile states, radicalized individuals, and the revitalized Islamic State (IS) terror group have combined to create 'the most complex and interconnected threat environment we've ever seen.' In March 2024, Pouria Zeraati, a presenter at a Persian-language media organization in London critical of the Iranian government, was stabbed in the leg outside his home in London. Two men were later arrested in Romania and charged over the attack on Zeraati, a TV host for the Iran International news network.
