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Thursday, May 17, 2007

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Al-jazeera is quoting the Pentagon as saying that 10 U.S. helicopters were destroyed or damaged in a mortar attack by the resistance on a U.S. occupation base north of Baghdad.....

Insurgents destroy US helicopter in Iraq

AFP 17 May, 2007 WASHINGTON: Insurgents destroyed a US military helicopter and damaged nine others in a mortar attack on a US airfield north of Baghdad, a US defence official said.The attack, which occurred on Sunday at a US air base at al-Taji but was not disclosed by the US military command in Baghdad, also wounded four US service members, the official said on Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity. "One helicopter was destroyed and nine were damaged," said the official, who said that six of the damaged helicopters have been repaired and are "fully mission capable."Insurgents appeared to have targeted the aircraft rather than have struck them with random fire, the official said."There was some counter-battery fire," the official said.Attacks have damaged aircraft in the past but the military has rarely, if ever, reported so many helicopters being hit in a single insurgent attack. At least two types of helicopter were damaged in the attack but the official would not say what they were.
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