Two Killed in Helicopter Crash (from yesterday)

[LynnTheDem]

Baghdad, Iraq -- Two Task Force Baghdad Soldiers died when their helicopter went down in the southwestern portion of the Iraqi capital about 8 p.m. Jan. 28.

The names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The cause of the crash has yet to be determined.

The incident is under investigation.

Release #050129a



http://www.cjtf7.com/media-information/January/050129a.htm



Incidenbt is under blah blah blah same ol same ol

[saigon68]

1. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[katinmn]

2. I'm so anxious about the weekend.

I hope it's not as bloody as I fear it will be. :-(

[rodeodance]

6. 24/7 news coverage would make anyone anxious

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Quagmire, schmagmire...

...freedom is on the MARCH!

[LynnTheDem]

4. Using a pair of pliers, I'd like to take his lower thin Frank Burns lip

and pull it up over his ugly smirky empty head.

[Cooley Hurd]

5. He is a ferret-face, isn't he?

:D:thumbsup:

[cliss]

7. There's something going on with the helicopters....

If anyone is interested, there are some threads floating around about Lockheed Martin and its defective helicopters. At this point, something is definitely happening.

It's hard to tell, because the information we get from Iraq could be tainted. We don't know if it went down due to enemy fire or sabotage (from Iraqi employees on the base).

So far, we've lost 33 helicopters at a cost of - what? $50 million apiece? Just recently, they seem to be going down more often.

[bemildred]

8. It would not be a surprise if maintenance/logistics failures occurred.

It's been a long hard war.

[davhill]

9. Helicopters require lots of maintanance

They are just being overworked, like our troops.