U.S. Apache helicopter down in Iraq -military

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[Neuspeed]

My condolences to relatives of these poor souls

[leadpenny]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050628/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

U.S. Military to Expand Prisons in Iraq By FRANK GRIFFITHS, Associated Press Writer
53 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military said Monday it plans to expand its prisons across Iraq to hold as many as 16,000 detainees, as the relentless insurgency shows no sign of letup one year after the transfer of sovereignty to Iraqi authorities.

The plans were announced on a day three U.S. Army soldiers were killed — two pilots whose helicopter crashed north of Baghdad and a soldier who was shot in the capital. At least four Iraqis died in a car bomb attack in the capital.

The AH-64 crashed in Mishahda, 20 miles north of the capital, and witness Mohammed Naji told Associated Press Television News he saw two helicopters flying toward Mishahda when "a rocket hit one of them and destroyed it completely in the air."

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[veeceeque]

My prayers are going up for the brave aircrew killed.

Those guys are our guardian angels when firefights break out. One of our convoys was hit by an IED and a soldier killed. The Apaches flew cover over the area and kept the insurgents at bay during the MEDEVAC of the wounded. I owe them a round of their favorite beverage many times over.

SGT C.
Al Asad (The Lion), Iraq

[Steelerfan]

Thoughts and prayers