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A United States military helicopter has gone down near Baghdad, in the fifth suc
« on: February 07, 2007, 05:01:40 PM »
A United States military helicopter has gone down near Baghdad, in the fifth such incident in Iraq so far this year, US military officials have said.
It is not known how many people were on board the CH-46 Sea Knight aircraft, which can carry up to 25 people.

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Re: A United States military helicopter has gone down near Baghdad, in the fifth
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2007, 09:35:22 PM »
This is going from bad to worse.  Too many choppers gettings lost. :(

An Iraqi official said it was shot down by a MANPAD.
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Re: A United States military helicopter has gone down near Baghdad, in the fifth suc
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2007, 09:14:44 AM »
It would seem there were 7 fatalities. This is bad. Turns out there have been over 50 helicopter looses since May 2003
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Re: A United States military helicopter has gone down near Baghdad, in the fifth suc
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2007, 10:56:50 AM »
US military are now saying that the Sea Knight was shot down.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6360013.stm

One aspect of this news report that I find disturbing is
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The BBC's Jane Peel in Baghdad says that the sudden upsurge in deadly attacks on helicopters is of huge concern to the US military, who say that they are dealing with a "thinking enemy".
Does this mean that up until this shooting did the US military think that they were dealing with brainless idiots?
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