{
    "byline": "Seth Frantzman",
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    "excerpt": "Iraqi Army Brigadier General Ahat Yasser Khudair Hussein, Commander of the 11th Infantry Division\u2019s Communications Directorate, was killed in a bombing linked to the Islamic State, Iraq\u2019s Ministry of Defense said on October 14. The commander was killed alongside Warrant Officer Mutaz Shahid Abbas, and a third soldier later died of his wounds. Iraqi authorities blamed \u201ca remnant of the terrorist ISIS [Islamic State] gangs\u201d for the blast. The bombing came a day after Iraq announced airstrikes targeting the jihadist group west of the city of Kirkuk.",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 4224,
    "publishedTime": null,
    "siteName": null,
    "title": "Iraqi commander killed by Islamic State following Iraqi airstrikes against the group"
}