Blackhawks Down

Created By: boatsie
Last Modified: 01/08/06
Summary: As families grieve for 12 dead miners in West Virginia, news of 12 dead in downing of Blackhawk in Iraq....Mighty blackhawk helicopter crashes historic since Mogadishu
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter went down in northern
Iraq,
killing all 12 Americans believed to be aboard in the deadliest crash
in nearly a year, while five U.S. Marines died in weekend attacks, the
military said Sunday.The
latest deaths followed an especially bloody week in which about 200
Iraqis and a dozen U.S. troops were killed. Iraqi politicians,
meanwhile, claimed headway in forming a stable coalition government
following the Dec. 15 elections, whose final results may be released
this week.
U.S. military officials said the UH-60 Black Hawk crashed just
before midnight Saturday about seven miles east of Tal Afar, a northern
city near the Syrian border that has seen heavy fighting with
insurgents.
"All (those killed) are believed to be U.S. citizens," military spokesman Lt. Col. Barry Johnson said.
Blackhawk helicopters spell disaster for US troops. From Mogadishu to Baghdad, its still Blackhawk down.

