USA: American killed in operation to free Iraqis held by IS - Pentagon

The Pentagon gave a press conference in Washington D.C regarding the rescue of 70 Iraqi hostages from an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) prison, claiming it was in the "international security interest" of the US, Thursday. One American commando was killed in the attack making him the first US serviceman to be be killed in the ongoing conflict with the Islamic State. Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said that "This was international security interest of the United States because this is part of a larger effort against ISIL and to support those coalition members." He went on to say that "the U.S. and our coalition will continue to work with our Iraqi partners to degrade and defeat ISIL, and return Iraq to the full control of its people."