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Iraqi helicopter shot down as 18 killed nationwide
[Al Ahram] Militants shot down an Iraqi military helicopter on Wednesday, killing four security forces members, as at least 14 people died in other violence, officials said.The helicopter was shot down during a large-scale operation against gunnies in a desert area west of Baiji, north of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... , killing two crew members and two soldiers who were on board, army officers said. Helicopters are periodically hit by gunfire during operations, including one last month in which a pilot was maimed. In the northern city of Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... a boom-mobile detonated near the governorate headquarters, killing two people and wounding 15. In Nineveh province, also in the north, attacks killed three people, and soldiers shot one krazed killer dead. Violence in Diyala province left two people dead and two maimed. Three bombings in Storied Baghdad, including one near an ice cream shop and another close to a paIraqi helicopter shot down as 18 killed nationwide rk, killed at least four people and maimed 17, while another bomb went kaboom!near a vegetable market southeast of the capital, killing two people and wounding six. Posted by: Fred 2013-10-03 |
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