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US Iraq helicopter crash kills 13
The US military says one of its helicopters has come down north-east of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing all 13 people on-board.
The military did not say what caused the helicopter to crash and the incident is now under investigation.
The US has suffered several fatal helicopter crashes in Iraq since the invasion in 2003.
Last January a US helicopter crashed near Talafar in northern Iraq, killing all eight passengers and four crew.
"A US forces helicopter went down north-east of Baghdad this afternoon. Emergency Coalition Forces responded and secured the scene," a military statement said, Reuters news agency reported.
"Thirteen passengers and crew members were aboard the aircraft and all were killed."
The BBC's world affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge in Baghdad says a short while before the announcement, Medivac helicopters had been seen flying out of the city.
He says there have been previous US military helicopter crashes in Iraq but rarely causing casualties on a scale like this.
source:BBC
The US military says one of its helicopters has come down north-east of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing all 13 people on-board.
The military did not say what caused the helicopter to crash and the incident is now under investigation.
The US has suffered several fatal helicopter crashes in Iraq since the invasion in 2003.
Last January a US helicopter crashed near Talafar in northern Iraq, killing all eight passengers and four crew.
"A US forces helicopter went down north-east of Baghdad this afternoon. Emergency Coalition Forces responded and secured the scene," a military statement said, Reuters news agency reported.
"Thirteen passengers and crew members were aboard the aircraft and all were killed."
The BBC's world affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge in Baghdad says a short while before the announcement, Medivac helicopters had been seen flying out of the city.
He says there have been previous US military helicopter crashes in Iraq but rarely causing casualties on a scale like this.
source:BBC
