A Pentagon spokesman says the two U.S. soldiers killed Sunday in Iraq were casualties of a U.S. artillery "mishap." Related Image Expand / CollapseBoth were canon crewmembers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. Related Image Expand / CollapseThe Pentagon spokesman, Army Col. Rob Manning, says an Army artillery unit was firing on an Islamic State mortar position "when a mishap occurred." He says he cannot provide other details because the incident is under investigationFive others suffered injuries that Manning says are not life-threatening.

Source: Fox News August 14, 2017 17:45 UTC