U.S. helicopter down north of Baghdad: residents

[brettdale]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=9175

U.S. helicopter down north of Baghdad: residents

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. Apache helicopter went down north of Baghdad on Sunday, local residents said, but the U.S. military said it was not aware of any such incident.

Residents reported seeing a missile hit the attack helicopter, which carries two crew, bringing it down in the Timayma area, near Taji, site of a major U.S. air base 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad.

U.S. military spokeswoman Lieutenant-Colonel Josslyn Aberle said she had no information on a helicopter crashing in the area.

If confirmed it would be the seventh U.S. helicopter to have come down in Iraq in the last three weeks. The U.S. military has confirmed that at least four of those were shot down after being struck by ground fire and says it has adjusted its tactics accordingly.

[MadMaddie]

1. So now they are trying to cover up the downed helicopters....?

going from bad to worse....

[A Simple Game]

2. When the Afghans figured out how to down the helicopters is when

the Soviets started to really lose their Afghanistan war.

It seems that the Iraqis have figured out how to down our helicopters thus negating most cover for our ground troops.

[Bluebear]

3. I remember clearly CNN "breaking" a possible 7th copter crash

..and then NOTHING.

[Crunchy Frog]

4. Probably contractors.

Their deaths don't count anyway, so they don't have to report them.