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U.S. Helicopter Is Shot Down in Iraq
A U.S. military helicopter was downed by rebel fire west of Baghdad, but there were no injuries, the U.S. military said Saturday. The downing occurred Friday near Amariya, south of Fallujah, said Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, the U.S. military's deputy director of operations. Insurgents are active in the area. "Both pilots were recovered without injury and forces secured the crash site and completed recovery efforts," Kimmitt said. On Friday, Spc. Justin McCue, a military spokesman in Baghdad, said a military OH-58 Kiowa helicopter made a precautionary landing because of mechanical problems in Amariya, and that both pilots were uninjured. It was not immediately clear whether Kimmitt was referring to the same helicopter cited by McCue.
Posted by: Steve White 2004-03-20 |
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