Iraqi Insurgents Shoot Down U.S. Chopper

[nadinbrzezinski]

Iraqi Insurgents Shoot Down U.S. Chopper
3 minutes ago

By MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter west of Baghdad on Friday, killing one soldier, and attackers posing as journalists fired assault weapons and rocket-propelled grenades at American paratroopers guarding the burning aircraft, the military said.



Elsewhere, Arab gunmen shot and killed a Kurd amid rising ethnic tensions in the northern, oil-rich city of Kirkuk, and a minor Baath party official was assassinated in an apparent revenge killing. An American tanker was set ablaze in a rebel attack, and coalition forces raiding a Sunni Muslim mosque arrested 32 suspected non-Iraqi Arab insurgents and seized an arms cache.


In Baghdad, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said enemy fire likely brought down the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior that crashed near Fallujah, a flashpoint in the insurgency.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=2&u=/ap/20040102/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Yep more flowers and candy, just ask wolfowitz

[sasquatch]

1. But I thought they'd be happy if we freed them from Saddam?

:dunce:

[MysticMind]

2. Looks like the Sunnis are pissed they can't systematically

Attack the Kurds.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. It is now official

we are facing two wars

The war against us the invader, and a civil war that is just getting
hotter

All we did was destabilize the area

[SwellGround]

3. attackers posing as journalists fired assault weapons and grenades

And some around here wonder why journalists get shot during war actions. I wonder how real journalists feel about their identity and profession being used by terrorists. Some folks in IPville should read about this atrocity by terrorists.

[Moderator]

4. Dupe... locking

Please continue in either of these two LBN threads about different aspects of the downed helicopter story:

Breaking CNN: Helicopter in Falluja Shot Down / Official: Enemy Fire



Thanks!

DU Moderator