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25-10-03, 16:18
US Black Hawk downed in Iraq RPG attack
Five US soldiers were wounded when a US military Blackhawk helicopter was shot out of the sky in a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack.
The chopper crash-landed near the town of Tikrit, former President Saddam Hussein's birthplace, an army spokesperson who declined to be named told AFP.
A doctor said one of those injured was suffering from shrapnel wounds in both the arms and legs.
“A helicopter did go down in Tikrit. I do not know if it was a controlled landing. Five people were wounded. It was an RPG attack,” the spokesperson said.
The chopper was seen by an AFP photographer trailing smoke minutes after a loud explosion. The sound of small arms fire was also heard from the direction of the emergency landing, the French news agency reported.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/44E81869-CFE9-49AE-9554-8CBCBE5F9C1F.htm
Five US soldiers were wounded when a US military Blackhawk helicopter was shot out of the sky in a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack.
The chopper crash-landed near the town of Tikrit, former President Saddam Hussein's birthplace, an army spokesperson who declined to be named told AFP.
A doctor said one of those injured was suffering from shrapnel wounds in both the arms and legs.
“A helicopter did go down in Tikrit. I do not know if it was a controlled landing. Five people were wounded. It was an RPG attack,” the spokesperson said.
The chopper was seen by an AFP photographer trailing smoke minutes after a loud explosion. The sound of small arms fire was also heard from the direction of the emergency landing, the French news agency reported.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/44E81869-CFE9-49AE-9554-8CBCBE5F9C1F.htm