Copter down in Iraq; 2 Marines missing
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A U.S. Marine AH-1 Cobra helicopter crashed in an insurgent stronghold in western Iraq on Saturday, and two crew members were missing, the U.S. military said. Hostile fire was not suspected as the cause.
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A helicopter operated by a private security firm came down in Iraq last week, U.S. officials said on Thursday, an incident that marks the sixth downing of a helicopter in three weeks.
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BAGHDAD -- A U S Marine transport helicopter crashed in flames yesterday in a field northwest of Baghdad, killing all seven people aboard, the U S military said. It was the fifth U S aircraft lost in less than three weeks and the latest sign of growing problems with aviation in Iraq.
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A U.S. Marine transport helicopter crashed in flames Wednesday in a field northwest of Baghdad, killing all seven people aboard, the U.S. military said. It was the sixth U.S. aircraft reported lost in less than three weeks and the latest sign of growing problems with aviation in Iraq.
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Two U.S. military transport helicopters crashed near Baghdad on Saturday, killing two U.S. soldiers and wounding two others, the U.S. military said.
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A U.S. military transport helicopter crashed in bad weather in Iraq's western desert Wednesday, killing 31 people, all believed to be Marines, while insurgents killed five other American troops in the deadliest day for U.S. forces since the Iraq war began.
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TWO US marines and at least three insurgents died south of the Iraqi capital, the first casualties of a US-led sweep of the so-called &quot;death triangle&quot;, a marine spokesman said today.
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By ROBERT H. REID  BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. Marine transport helicopter crashed in flames Wednesday in a field northwest of Baghdad, killing all seven people aboard, the U.S. military said. It was the fifth U.S.
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HADITHA, Iraq  - One Marine was killed and three servicemen were missing after a U.S. transport helicopter with 16 people on board made an emergency landing on water in western Iraq on Sunday, the U.S. military said on Monday.
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Two U.S. Marines were killed in action  in western Iraq, the U.S. military said in a statement on  Friday.
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Two U.S. Marines have been killed and  four wounded in action in a volatile area west of Baghdad, the  U.S. military said on Friday.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 4 -- Four American troops were killed over the weekend when their helicopter made an emergency landing in a lake in western Anbar province, the U.S. military said on Monday.
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Two US Marines were killed in or near Baghdad yesterday, the US military said today. The two were from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and died in Baghdad province, around the
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Two U.S. Marines were killed in action   on Sunday in Iraq's Anbar province, the U.S. military said in a   statement on Monday.
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U.S. troops on Saturday searched for two soldiers missing after an attack that killed one of their comrades at a checkpoint in the so-called &quot;Triangle of Death&quot; south of Baghdad.
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A U.S. Army helicopter crashed Friday in a hail of gunfire north of Baghdad, police and witnesses said &#151; the fourth lost in Iraq in the last two weeks. The U.S. command said two crew members were killed, and the top U.S. general conceded that insurgent ground fire has become more effective.
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A US helicopter which crashed in Iraq last week killing all seven marines aboard was shot down, US officials say.