![]() officials have been warning that thousands of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles remain unaccounted for after the fall of Saddam's regime and pose a threat to U.S. soldiers, however, said the copter was apparently downed by ground fire, possibly by an RPG. He said the Black Hawk - aircraft that usually carry a crew of three - was supporting a combat patrol.Ī preliminary report by U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the helicopter landed for undetermined reasons. The region, in central Iraq north of Baghdad, is where the ousted dictator drew his strongest support his loyalists are now believed to be leading resistance to the U.S.-led occupation.Ī U.S. ![]() Both it and Fallujah lie inside the "Sunni Triangle," which sees multiple attacks every day against U.S. in a field near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. soldiers appeared to have been wounded the U.S. "This was not initiated by our forces."Īlso near Fallujah, Iraqi civilians reported a roadside bombing Saturday night in the town of Khaldiyah. forces arrived after the attack and treated the wounded," he said. Charles Hardy, spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division, which is responsible for the area, said the civilian convoy turned around after a bomb exploded ahead of it, and then was hit by another improvised bomb, rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire. "They weren't close enough to either cause or prevent this attack." "According to my information, it's impossible they were attacked by U.S. command spokesman in Baghdad denied troops fired at the convoy, saying that, instead, coalition forces went to the secure the area after the attack and evacuated the wounded. He was going to get married next week."Ī U.S. The translator burned to death in the car. "We were the target of an attack by the Americans," Yousef said. The Iraqi security guard traveling with the convoy, Laith Yousef, gave the same account. In the incident near Fallujah, three SUVs of the European Landmine Solutions, a British-based private contractor, were hit by gunfire, according to an American engineer with the firm, David Rasmussen, who was hospitalized with wounds.Īsked where the shots came from, Rasmussen replied: "from the USA." An American military brass band with a tuba played as the bridge was inaugurated. forces reopened a major bridge over the Tigris River to ease transportation in the capital, Baghdad. For weeks, chaplains have been training troops to be sensitive to Muslim religious traditions. troops shot at their vehicles, but the military denied that.Īmid the ongoing violence, U.S military officials prepared for the holy fasting month of Ramadan, which begins in Iraq on Monday. An American engineer and an Iraqi security guard said U.S. One person was reported injured.Īlso, near the flashpoint city of Fallujah, three civilians were killed and two wounded when their convoy came under fire. Army helicopter was shot down Saturday by ground fire near Tikrit, a center of Iraq's anti-U.S. Apache gunship flies over a burning Black Hawk helicopter, right, in Tikrit, 193 km (120 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. Army Black Hawk helicopter after it came down Saturday in a field near Tikrit, wounding one soldier and causing the craft to explode in flames and spew a column of black smoke, the U.S. Guerrillas fired small arms and rocket-propelled grenades at a U.S. Insurgents attack US Black Hawk copter ( 11:10) (AP)
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