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A US contractor was killed and five American service members, plus another US contractor were injured after a drone struck a military base in northeast Syria, the Pentagon says. "A US contractor was killed and five US service members and one additional US contractor were wounded after a one-way unmanned aerial vehicle struck a maintenance facility on a coalition base near Hasakah in northeast Syria," says Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder. SOUNDBITE
US Central Command commander General Kenneth McKenzie admits the United States made a "mistake" when it launched a drone strike against suspected Islamic State militants in the Afghan capital Kabul on August 29, confirming that it killed 10 civilians instead. "The strike was a tragic mistake," McKenzie tells reporters at a Pentagon briefing after an investigation. SOUNDBITE
In a press conference on Thursday U.S. President Barack Obama formally apologized for a drone strike that killed aid workers Warren Weinstein, an American held by Al Qaeda since 2011, and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian held since 2012.
An ISIS recruiter was killed in a NATO drone strike on Monday when he was crossing the desert in his car with five other people, according to Afghan officials.
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