A British security guard has been shot dead near the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk, his employer said Friday. The man died of gunshot wounds suffered during an incident in Taza, south of of Kirkuk, on October 11, the security company said in a statement. A British source said he believed the shooting happened at a power plant near Kirkuk.
Meanwhile, the US Army is investigating reports that several members of a reservist supply unit in Iraq refused to go on a convoy mission, the military said Friday. Relatives of the soldiers said the troops considered the mission "too dangerous."
According to press reports, a platoon of 17 troops refused to go on a fuel supply mission Wednesday because their vehicles were in poor condition and they did not have a capable armed escort.
A statement from the military's press center in Baghdad called the incident "isolated," The AP reported. (albawaba.com)
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