Rebels strike in Mosul, Baghdad

[leftchick]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0501160292jan16,1,1855644.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

BAGHDAD -- U.S. troops and insurgents clashed Saturday in the troubled northern city of Mosul after rebels struck a U.S. convoy, and other attacks on U.S. forces were reported in and around Baghdad.

After the convoy attack, American troops raided a nearby agricultural research station looking for the assailants.

A U.S. Army Kiowa helicopter made an emergency landing in the city after receiving ground fire. The two crew members escaped injury, the military said.

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Also in Baghdad, three mortar shells exploded Saturday near the heavily guarded Green Zone, causing no casualties but sending U.S. and Iraqi officials scurrying for cover. It marked the third day of rebel attacks on the area, the nerve center of the U.S. and Iraqi administration, after a lull of a couple of weeks.

Elsewhere, a roadside bomb ripped through a U.S. convoy on the western edge of Baghdad, destroying a truck, police said. No casualties were reported.

[leftchick]

1. The Heli was shot down...Check out the hole...

A U.S. Army soldiers looks over a U.S. helicopter which was forced down with battle damage after taking fire during an engagement in Mosul, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005. The flight crew was not injured and the downed helicopter was later flown from the scene. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

[bemildred]

3. Eh, well, "forced down" by shooting then.

I guess saying "shot down" is taboo or something.

[DavidDvorkin]

2. "Rebels"

Use of that word in the Tribune is progress.