Thursday, May 17, 2007

Helicopters hit by mortar rounds at U.S. base in Iraq

Why am I reading this in a small, local paper? Hmmm.
May 17, 2007 7:08 AM

BAGHDAD (AP) - Mortar rounds hit a U.S. Air Force base north of Baghdad on Thursday, destroying one helicopter and damaging nine others, police said.

The attack at Taji, a major Air Force on the northern outskirts of Baghdad, occurred about 2 a.m., the police said.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

With the heavily infltrated and compromised Iraqi armed forces that we're "training" interspersed with our troops, I can't help but fear that the denouement of this debacle will be many times worse than that final image of the dramatic chopper rescues off the embassy roof in Saigon.

Psychomikeo said...

I hear the "green zone" is becoming very dangerous