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US Helicopter Shot Down in Iraq, 2 Soldiers Dead
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Military statement says coalition forces are at crash scene near
Baqubah and investigating incident





US army blackhawk helicopter (file photo)

Insurgents have shot down a U.S. helicopter in Iraq, killing the two
soldiers on board.

The U.S. military says the helicopter crashed late Thursday near
Baqubah, north of Baghdad. A second helicopter was damaged in the
attack, but landed safely at a coalition base.

Recently, the U.S. military said some insurgents have been using
increasingly sophisticated tactics. This has led to intensified
anti-insurgent operations in western Iraq and, beginning next week, in
Baghdad.







US military operation in western Iraq A U.S.-led offensive is in its
third day in the Euphrates River city of Haditha, on the road to the
Syrian border. Next week, some 40,000 Iraqi forces will cordon off
Baghdad, setting up hundreds of checkpoints and conducting raids in a
bid to crackdown on insurgents who have killed more than 600 people in
the last month.

 

Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.

 


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