US Soldier Held in Iraq Contractor's Shooting Death

Contractor for Houston-based KBR shot to death, died at 8:30am

By Mat Probasco

Posted Sep 14, 2009 5:33 AM CDT

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US Soldier Held in Iraq Contractor's Shooting Death — A US soldier in Tikrit, Iraq, where an American contractor was shot to death. (Getty Images)

A US soldier is being held in the shooting death of a civilian contractor in Tikrit, Iraq, reports CNN. Houston-based military contractor KBR said the victim shot to death yesterday at Contingency Operating Base Speicher was an employee.

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