13 soldiers killed in U.S. army helicopter crash - Hostile fire possible

[Mortos]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. military helicopter crashed Saturday northeast of Baghdad, killing all 13 people on board, a new blow to American efforts in Iraq as U.S. and Iraqi forces prepare for a major security operation to pacify the capital and surrounding areas.

The military said the crash was under investigation. The brief U.S. statement lacked the customary comment that the aircraft was not shot down, indicating it may have come under fire by insurgents.

The helicopter was carrying 13 passengers and crew members and all were killed, it said. No further details were released, including the exact location of the crash.

The violent Diyala province sits northeast of Baghdad, and U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling Sunni insurgents and Shiite militia forces around its main city of Baqouba for months.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[doc03]

1. Just on MSNBC a US helicopter went

down just north of Baghdad all 13 passengers and crew killed.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. oh damn

[HeeBGBz]

3. Just heard it too.

This makes me sick to my stomach.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. Is Gates still there? n/t

MKJ

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

10. Never mind, there yesterday, here today, apparently.

Yesterday:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2695089

Today:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2696276

MKJ

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. U.S. copter down in Iraq; 13 aboard dead

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. helicopter went down northeast of Baghdad, killing all 13 people aboard, the military said Saturday.


Fuck Bush!

[cal04]

6. link U.S. copter down in Iraq; 13 aboard dead

A U.S. helicopter went down northeast of Baghdad, killing all 13 people aboard, the military said Saturday.

Emergency coalition forces secured the crash site, the military said in a brief statement. The helicopter was carrying 13 passengers and crew members and all were killed, it said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[Eugene]

7. Reuters: 13 dead in U.S. helicopter crash in Iraq -military

13 dead in U.S. helicopter crash in Iraq -military
20 Jan 2007 16:29:11 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. military helicopter went down northeast
of Baghdad on Saturday, killing all 13 people aboard, the military said
in a statement.

"A U.S. forces helicopter went down northeast of Baghdad this afternoon.
Emergency Coalition Forces responded and secured the scene. Thirteen
passengers and crewmembers were aboard the aircraft and all were killed,"
it said.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAC058795.htm

[MaineDem]

8. CNN link

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/20/Iraq.main/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

[rodeodance]

33. Also on Saturday, the military announced that two U.S. soldiers and a Marine were killed

......Soldiers, Marine killed

Also on Saturday, the military announced that two U.S. soldiers and a Marine were killed in separate incidents in Iraq.

A roadside bomb killed a Task Force-Baghdad soldier and wounded another Saturday in northern Baghdad.

A Task Force Lightning soldier in Tikrit died Friday when a roadside bomb exploded, and a U.S. Marine was killed in combat Friday in Anbar province.

The deaths bring the U.S. military death toll to 3,024 -- and 27 for the month of January. Seven military contractors also have been killed since the U.S. invasion.

[bigluckyfeet]

37. It says 13 were killed

It seems they avoid saying they were American soldiers.

[sanskritwarrior]

39. Probably because

NGO's, contractors, DOD civilians and others fly on helicopters as much or slightly moreso than military personnel. When I was going on my mid tour, I had to take a Blackhawk from FOB Caldwell to Camp victory. We stopped at FOB Warhorse and the Green Zone, on my flight there was the crew (4) 2 other soldiers (myself and a PFC), 3 Blackwater guys, 1 girl working for some Human rights group and 1 female reporter. At FOB Warhorse the Reporter and the blackwater guys got off and we took on 1 more soldier, two contractors there to train police, and some lady from Denmark there to administer vaccines to Iraqis. At the Green Zone the Reporter and the lady from Denmark got off and we took on one australian soldier and one guy from Open canopy security services..........

The point is we don't know if it is 13 soldiers and may very well be very few soldiers........or all 13.........

[antiimperialist]

9. They always say it was an accident

Watch them say it was a malfunction. Iraqis don't want us there.

[doc03]

11. Faux talking about the Liberal

media's effect o9n the stock Market. Some asshole wanting to send 200,000 more troops.

[brentspeak]

30. He should volunteer himself, the twit.

[Mortos]

19. This time they didn't say it was being investigated as an accident

which would lead one to believe it was hostile fire.

[seemslikeadream]

12. HOW MANY MORE GEORGIE, HOW MANY MORE?

HOW MANY MORE GEORGIE, HOW MANY MORE?
HOW MANY MORE YEARS GEORGIE, HOW MANY MORE ANNIVERIES?




http://www.bushflash.com/year.html
Enveloped in a sentiment,
A sound that rushes over me.
Engage an impulse to pretend
I have a faith as pure.
Not forgetting what it means to dream.
Indulging everything.
Entertaining thoughts that I've the strength
Of those I yearn to be.
Cheers and tribute greet the saviours.
Reckless thoughts survive.
Anachronistic and impulsive.

And what will happen?
Will I dream?
I am too scared to close my eyes.
For a second please hold me.
None can change in me these things that I believe.
But I don't know what happens now.
I am too scared to close my eyes.

Legion
Vnv Nation

[IndianaGreen]

14. Each day our politicians fail to extricate us from Iraq

is another day in which new names will be added to a future Iraq war memorial.

[maddezmom]

13. doc03. please edit your OP to include a link

:hi:

[dipsydoodle]

15. Collateral damage

[krispos42]

16. There are 20 'names not released yet' on the DoD death list

14 are from the 20th, so another soldier died in addition to the 13 on the chopper.

Damn this tragety!

All fatalities with active DOD links have been confirmed by The Department of Defense.
Total: 3041 Confirmed: 3021 Pending: 20

Date Name Status
01/20/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/20/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/20/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/20/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/20/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/20/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/20/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/20/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/20/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/20/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/20/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/20/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/20/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/20/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/19/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/19/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/18/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/17/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/15/07 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
12/30/06 NAME NOT RELEASED YET Pending
01/16/07 Schockmel, Collin R. DoD Confirmation]

[Marrah_G]

17. I wish they would at least give a little info

Americans?
Military?
Branches of service if so....

Another terrifying day for those of us with loved ones in the region.

I really fucking hate this senseless war.

[Mortos]

21. They did say it was a U.S. military helicopter

[EndElectoral]

18. Pelosi - enough is enough...no more symbolic rhetoric..we need action to stop this maniac

[against all enemies]

20. Surge and Sacrifice - More blood on Bush's hands. By the way

Georgie, how are the girls doing on vacation?

[Gloria]

22. 13? I figure about 30 will have to perish all at one time before

the final blow is delivered to Bushco...

How very sad, what a terrible waste of these lives....

[DesertRat]

23. Horrible

13 lives cut short for NOTHING. 13 more families about to have their lives torn apart forever. Damn it!

:cry:

[Eugene]

24. "Residents... said said they saw a helicopter in flames before it crashed"

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 20
20 Jan 2007 18:30:05 GMT
Source: Reuters

Jan 20 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1830 GMT
on Saturday:

* indicates new or updated item

* BAGHDAD - A U.S. military helicopter went down northeast of Baghdad and all 13
people aboard were killed, the military said in a statement. The cause was unclear.
Residents living near Baquba, in Diyala province, said they saw a helicopter in
flames before it crashed but that could not immediately be confirmed. A military
source indicated that the aircraft was a Blackhawk transport helicopter, which
carries 4 crew and 10 passengers.

-snip-

Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20547671.htm

[Tom Joad]

25. Seems like the Iraqis are stepping up to determine their own future.

[arewenotdemo]

41. true enough

Wait till the Cheerleader orders Sadr's arrest/assassination.

Shit, meet fan.

[democrank]

26. I can`t even find the words....

STOP THE DAMN WAR!

[Marrah_G]

27. anyone hear anything new?

soldiers, marines, or sailors? anyone know?

[Straight Shooter]

40. Your anguish is coming through, Marrah_G.

I'm so sorry. I hope your loved one is safe.

:hug:

[Marrah_G]

42. just sucks

You hear these reports, you have no way of knowing if the phone is going to ring, you pray that it's not your family member, but that means its someone else's. The whole god damn thing sucks... if they were there fighting for a cause worthy of risking lives it would be one thing. Instead they are there because our idiot in chief is trying to start world war three because he thinks it's going to bring on the rapture.

[Straight Shooter]

43. I couldn't have said it better.

If it isn't someone you love, then another family is paying the price. And you can never feel safe, because the next time the knock on the door may be bad news coming for you.

I don't think bush cares about the rapture, unless he's so far disassociated with reality that he's truly lost it, and that seems lately to be a good possibility. I think the bush administration is hell bent to take over the Middle East with no thought given to consequences except to line their pockets.

I wish our troops were fighting for a good cause. I don't think they're dying for no reason, though. I hope that somehow, I keep hoping, humanity will learn from the useless destruction and bloodshed. But that's very little comfort when you're grieving.

It's such a goddamn mess. I feel like things will never be right again. This war has been the most unholy, vile thing.

[alcibiades_mystery]

28. Welcome to the Desert of the Real...

...

[xchrom]

29. must be bush's early valentine's day gift to the troops.

with love, from george -- your commander in chief.

[Straight Shooter]

31. Giggle your way through this one, bush.

:grr:

[rodeodance]

32. cable is primary covering 08 elections and American Idol and the Weather

[tabasco]

34. More blood on Nero Bush's hands.

He will burn in hell.

[Ellipsis]

35. NYT ...helicopter shot down

New York Times

"An Interior Ministry official and the police in Diyala Province said the American helicopter was shot down at about 4 p.m. by insurgents who fired missiles, or possibly grenades, from at least two locations. It crashed near Tarrafa Village, they said, over a rural area near the Diyala River."


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/21/world/middleeast/21iraq.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[sanskritwarrior]

36. Headline incorrect

We do not know if it is 13 soldiers or 8 soldiers 5 contractors.......etc.........Just an FYI

[AngryAmish]

38. ??