Posted on 01/02/2004 6:39:12 AM PST by Holly_P
Edited on 05/07/2004 5:22:03 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. military helicopter crashed west of Baghdad on Friday, killing one soldier and wounding another, the U.S. military said. The cause was not immediately known.
The OH-58 Kiowa Warrior crashed near the town of Fallujah, a flashpoint in the so-called Sunni Triangle, where U.S.-led troops have seen the fiercest resistance since the ouster of Saddam Hussein. Rebels in the area have previously shot at and brought down U.S. helicopters.
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