US Helicopter Down in Iraq

Fox News

[RWR8189]

20 injured, no further info

[america-rules]

Bagdad Airport !

[yonif]

Israeli media reports Helicopter shot down by terrorists at Baghdad airport. 20 people hurt, as posted here.

[RWR8189]

Do we know if the 20 hurt are GIs?

[yonif]

Israeli media reports that the identity of the 20 hurt is not known at the moment.

[ChicagoRepublican]

MSNBC reported that a Chinook was shot down west of Baghdad over Faluja. They said that there is a possibility of over 20 casualties.

[BCrago66]

Which Israeli media - is there an online stream?

[BCrago66]

Drudge say at least 20 "injured" - but no link as yet.

[yonif]

I am viewing Maariv.

www.maariv.co.il

[RWR8189]

FNC reporter in Iraq, says 20 of 30 people on board being called casualties.

[kayak]

Prayers going up now!

[windchime]

Fox says sending reporter to area. Dana Lewis on now...2 Chinook helicopter . One hit had as many as 35 on board returning from R & R. Do not know what hit it.

[yonif]

Looks like those who have been affected were US soldiers. The helicopter had between 22 and 35 people. It is morning in Baghdad.

Source: Israeli news portal "Nana"

[BlackVeil]

There is a report on the Yahoo news site, from Reuters. Very few details yet. They say 30-35 on the helicopter, and 20 casualties. These may be killed or injured - it doesn't say.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031102/ts_nm/iraq_helicopter_dc&cid=564&ncid=1480

[RWR8189]

GD arab bastards, they have long stay in hell ahead of them

[GeronL]

well, the 'mainstream' media will now use this as a reason to pull out, right now... ugh

[NormsRevenge]

FRom Yahoo and AP

U.S. Chinook Helicopter Shot Down in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. Chinook helicopter was shot down Sunday near Baghdad airport, injuring at least 20 people on board, a U.S. military spokesman said.

"The Chinook was shot down by an unknown weapon," said a spokesman who declined to be identified.

U.S. military officials have repeatedly warned that thousands of surface-to-air missiles remain unaccounted for Iraq (news - web sites) after the collapse of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime in April and pose a threat to aviation here.

A U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter crash-landed Oct. 25 in Tikrit after taking ground-fire, injuring one crewmember.

On June 12, a U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter was shot down by hostile fire in the western desert, and two crewmembers were rescued unhurt. Those were the only U.S. military aircraft known to have been shot down since President Bush (news - web sites) declared an end to major combat in Iraq on May 1.

The workhorse, 10-ton Chinook, which has a crew of four, is the military's most versatile heavy-lift helicopter, used primarily for troop movements, transporting artillery and similar functions.

[aynrandfreak]

If the dems try to exploit this to weaken our resolve, then they will have proven themselves to be actual enemies of this country.

[GeronL]

http://images.maariv.co.il/channels/HP_0.html?1067759382046

Thanks for the link... too bad I don't know any Hebrew

[yonif]

Nothing much there about it, however, it has that reuters article that was just posted here.