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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Harry Hope" |
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17 May 2007 10:31:56 AM |
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U.S. helicopter destroyed, 9 others damaged by mortar fire in Iraq |
From The Associated Press, 5/17/07:
http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565017830119310330
Helicopters hit by mortar rounds at U.S. base in Iraq, police say
HAMID AHMED, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD (AP) -
Mortar rounds hit a U.S. Air Force base north of Baghdad on Thursday,
destroying one helicopter and damaging nine others, police said.
The attack at Taji, a major Air Force on the northern outskirts of
Baghdad, occurred about 2 a.m., the police said.
''There was an indirect fire attack on the base at Taji which resulted
in damage to some aircraft,'' the military said.
Indirect fire is a term the military generally uses to describe rocket
or mortar attacks.
The attack destroyed one helicopter and damaged nine others, the
police said.
An Iraqi civilian who works at the base said he saw about 16 damaged
helicopters, some of them set on fire by the attack.
The worker spoke on condition of anonymity, because he was not
authorized to speak to the media.
Many U.S. Black Hawk helicopters are based at Taji, including some
equipped with medical equipment and manned by medics to rescue wounded
U.S. and Iraqi soldiers in the Baghdad area.
Sunni insurgents have long been active in the area around Taji.
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Harry
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| User: "PagCal" |
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| Title: Re: U.S. helicopter destroyed, 9 others damaged by mortar fire inIraq |
18 May 2007 01:45:41 AM |
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Harry Hope wrote:
From The Associated Press, 5/17/07:
http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565017830119310330
Helicopters hit by mortar rounds at U.S. base in Iraq, police say
HAMID AHMED, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD (AP) -
Mortar rounds hit a U.S. Air Force base north of Baghdad on Thursday,
destroying one helicopter and damaging nine others, police said.
Expect to see more of the same.
Were they 80 mm mortar rounds or 120's?
80's I can sleep through, but 120's will keep you up all night with
their whoomp, boom.
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