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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-28-07 07:07 PM
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Third helicopter downed in a week; two soldiers killed
Edited on Sun Jan-28-07 07:11 PM by ProSense

U.S. helicopter down in Iraq battle, 2 killed

2 hours, 56 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers were killed when their helicopter crashed north of the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf on Sunday, the U.S. military said.

A Reuters reporter saw a U.S. helicopter come down after a burst of machinegun fire and he saw a trail of smoke from the helicopter before it came down.

Iraqi police said it had crashed during a battle with gunmen north of Najaf in which 250 gunmen were killed.

A U.S. statement said the helicopter "went down" but did not say whether it was shot down.

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scarface2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-28-07 07:09 PM
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1. keep those body counts coming!!!
250!?!? for what?!?!!
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-28-07 07:21 PM
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2. when it becomes a measure of success that only two died in the latest
chopper downing, we are living in effing-ucked up times.
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judy from nj Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-28-07 07:23 PM
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3. What horrible news!
If helicopters aren't safe, then we are nearing the end.
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