Official: U.S. copter goes down in Iraq

[madokie]

By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer
edit to add: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070405/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=A0WTcVLCyhRGfrEAkWCs0NUE

BAGHDAD - A U.S. helicopter went down after coming under fire Thursday in a Sunni militant stronghold south of Baghdad but there was no immediate word on casualties, an Iraqi army official said. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report.

In southern Iraq Thursday, four British soldiers and a Kuwaiti interpreter were killed in an ambush, the British military said.

The patrol struck a roadside bomb and was hit by small-arms fire about 2 a.m. in the Hayaniyah district west of Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, British military spokeswoman Capt. Katie Brown said.

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Meanwhile, gunmen opened fire on a Black Hawk helicopter at about 7:30 a.m. as it flew over Latifiyah, 20 miles south of Baghdad, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.

[malaise]

1. You need to reword this and

stop hating Bushco. The helicopter merely surged to the ground.:sarcasm:

[madokie]

2. I know, in my glee to smear him I forget what's proper

I'm sure they were just crash testing the thing anyway, :-)

[Solly Mack]

3. and it stayed the course all the way down too

[malaise]

4. LOL

Seriously these war criminals need to be arrested.

[Solly Mack]

5. I agree