6 US soldiers die in Iraq Copter Crash

6 U.S. Soldiers Die in Iraq Copter Crash
1 hour, 18 minutes ago

By JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer

TIKRIT, Iraq - An Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed Friday — apparently shot down by insurgents — killing all six U.S. soldiers aboard and capping the bloodiest seven days in Iraq (news - web sites) for Americans since the fall of Baghdad.

In retaliation, American troops backed by Bradley fighting vehicles swept through Iraqi neighborhoods before dawn Saturday, blasting houses suspected of being insurgent hideouts with machine guns and heavy weapons fire.

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The U.S. death toll for the week climbed to 32, including those aboard the Black Hawk. Two other soldiers were killed near Mosul, raising concerns that the insurgency was spreading north.

More: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031108/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=716

"In retaliation, American troops backed by Bradley fighting vehicles swept through Iraqi neighborhoods before dawn Saturday, blasting houses suspected of being insurgent hideouts with machine guns and heavy weapons fire."

U.S. troops taking another page from the IDF atrocities against civilians manual....

pretty soon they'll be saying "mortally wounded" instead of "killed"

and we know how that situation is faring now don't we.

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=204834

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