Clashes Kill 11 in Iraq, U.S. Copter Forced to Land

[UpInArms]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6150821

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces backed by warplanes battled insurgents in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 52 others, the U.S. military and Iraqi doctors said.

During the fighting near the northern city of Mosul, a U.S. military helicopter made a forced landing and its two crew members were injured, the U.S. military said in a statement. An investigation into what forced the helicopter to land was under way, it said.

Earlier in the day, explosions and machinegun fire could be heard in Tallafar, a town west of Mosul, 390 km (242 miles) north of Baghdad. Doctors said nine civilians were killed, and many of the wounded were women and children.

U.S. helicopters flew overhead and columns of smoke rose skyward.

"Civilians are being brought in into the hospital. We expect the number of casualties to increase," one doctor said.

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[UpInArms]

1. related article: (UPI) U.S. helicopter shot down in north Iraq

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040904-063842-9942r.htm

Baghdad, Iraq, Sep. 4 (UPI) -- Iraqi gunmen shot at a U.S. military helicopter in northern Iraq Saturday forcing it to make an emergency landing in which two of the crew were injured.

Security sources said the helicopter was hit during fighting between gunmen and U.S. forces in Tal Afer, 40 miles (70 kilometers) west of the northern city of Mosul.

Witnesses said two U.S. military vehicles were set ablaze during the fighting that broke out during the early morning hours in the mainly-Sunni region.

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this article goes on to say that mortars "slammed into the Green Zone"

more progress daily in Iraq :crazy:

[PA Democrat]

2. "Let freedom reign" as Bush so eloquently puts it

Did you see that the idiots had signs made with this slogan during the RNC? :puke:

[UpInArms]

3. I saw the glossy

"Agenda on America" signs :puke: