Apache Helicopter is "missing" in Iraq

[MIKE BURN]

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U.S. Central Command confirmed that one Apache is missing in Iraq, but had no details on the crew or the reported second missing helicopter.

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Sometimes I don't understand the nerves of the American news, to claim "no details"... while you can have the evidence

broadcasted all over...

[MIKE BURN]

Oh well...... after the evidence.... with a short delay,

Foxnews is first, while CNN still sticks to "no details"...

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Iraqi TV Shows Downed U.S. Apache Helicopter



Monday, March 24, 2003



BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq claimed Monday to have shot down two Apache helicopters and to hold two pilots prisoner.



"A small number of peasants shot down two Apaches," Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf said. "Perhaps we will show pictures of the pilots."



Iraqi state television showed pictures of only one downed helicopter in a grassy field.



At the Pentagon, Air Force Master Sgt. Grant Windsor confirmed that one Apache was missing. He could give no details on the incident and said he had no information on the status of the pilots. He said the Defense Department is evaluating the tape being shown on Iraqi TV.



Men in Arab headdresses holding Kalashnikovs automatic rifles danced around the aircraft.



Iraqi state television also showed pictures of two helmets apparently belonging to members of the crew, as well as documents and other papers lying on the ground.

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[MIKE BURN]

[Jorn Lavoll]

the latest is that the americans have destroyed their own helicopter. preventing iraq military getting a hold of american war technology.