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(From Fox News Channel)
Byline: John Gibson, Heather Nauert
GIBSON: Scenes from Iraq and Staff Sergeant Ryan Kelly lost part of his right leg towards an artillery shell in Iraq. Now he wants to be financially compensated as a victim of terrorism since his injury happened after the declared end of major combat. Heather Nauert is here with his story.
NAUERT: That's right. Sergeant Kelly is an Army reservist from Texas. He is one of at least 2,700 soldiers who suffered injuries in Iraq. He is the very first member of the military to file a lawsuit claiming that he is a victim of terrorism, not war. He joins us now from Washington. Sergeant Kelly, today's big question. Are wounded soldiers victims of war or terrorism?
STAFF SGT. RYAN KELLY, US ARMY RESERVIST: That's a good question. I believe, like my case shows, that I feel like I was a victim of terrorism and not combat operations, because I feel on July 14th combat…