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:

  1. AnonymousMay 17, 2007 9:52 PM

    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.

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  2. PsychomikeoMay 18, 2007 7:58 AM

    I hear the "green zone" is becoming very dangerous

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