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Two pilots were injured and evacuated to an American military hospital in Kirkuk, about 180 miles north of Baghdad, the military said in a statement. There was no word on the extent of the pilots' injuries.
The helicopter, an OH-58 Kiowa, is mostly used in surveillance and some light combat missions.
"Preliminary reporting shows the cause of the hard landing was mechanical and not hostile fire," the statement said.
Last week, ground fire forced a Black Hawk helicopter to make an emergency landing north of Baghdad, the military said. At least eight other U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire in Iraq this year.
The military also announced the killing Wednesday of a U.S. Marine in the western Anbar province, a hotbed of the Sunni insurgency. The Marine's name was withheld pending family notification.
The death brought to 79 the total number of Americans killed in Iraq in February. At least 3,163 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,546 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
Baghdad appeared quieter Thursday, with only one person killed in a roadside bomb, police said. The lull came a day after a car bomb ripped through a bustling shopping district in western Baghdad, killing at least 10 people and wounding about 20.
Wednesday's blast in Baiyaa, a Sunni-Shiite neighborhood, sent flames and debris shooting two stories high, witnesses said. The force of the explosion peeled back corrugated tin roofs. Charred clothing still clung to the remnants of vendors' stalls hours later.
A U.S. military spokesman condemned the bombing as "ruthless" and "barbaric" but said overall violence was down, three weeks into a joint U.S.-Iraqi security crackdown.
"Although we've seen some initial progress, we know our enemies will continue to attempt to disrupt our efforts, and that improving security in Iraq will take time," Rear Adm. Mark Fox told reporters Wednesday.
In other developments:
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- Read the article below if you are sick and tired of the same old wimpy do-nothing Democrats, who are complicit in this Iraq disaster, and who after 4 years do NOTHING to slow down the death and destruction.
Read the ling to see what the GREEN PARTY says, what Democrats SHOULD be saying if they had ANY moral integrity and commitment! But they are just the other half of the corporation-funded political system, and so they DO Nothing.
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_02_20.shtml
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- Sgt, ready for the neutrons yet?
Posted by Musty2U
-No Moisty2: take this electronic personal vibrator for the time being. Neutronic ones are not ready yet. If electronic is not good enough for you, then come and see me...
Captain Devery L. Taylor of US Airforce. - Reply to this comment
- DIGNITORIES SNEAK IN AND OUT LIKE TERRIOST: MAYBE THESE DIGNITORIES SHOULD DITCH THE BLACK (X-FILES) SUV'S. LIKE RIDING AROUND IRAQ WITH A TARGET SAYING I'M AN AMERICAN, SHOOT ME. GET SOME P.U., AND LET THE DIGNE'S RIDE IN THE BACK, THEY WILL BLEND IN JUST FINE. PROBLEM SOLVED.
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- Appeal for Redress
Sign this Appeal.
This site is an Appeal For Redress in support of our mission in Iraq.
An Appeal For Redress is an authorized means for active duty military to submit a grievance to Congress. It can be signed by Active Duty, Reserve, or National Guard military personnel.
It is authorized by DoD Directive 1325.6 and DoD Directive 7050.6.
The wording of the Appeal for Redress is:
As an American currently serving my nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to fully support our mission in Iraq and halt any calls for retreat. I also respectfully urge my political leaders to actively oppose media efforts which embolden my enemy while demoralizing American support at home. The War in Iraq is a necessary and just effort to bring freedom to the Middle East and protect America from further attack.
If you are active duty, reservist or national guard, please Sign this Appeal.
Most service members fully support the war in Iraq and feel calls to retreat by Congress and attacks by our media on our conduct and mission act to motivate our enemy while demoralizing our support at home, directly increasing the threat we face and resulting in greater American casualties. This Appeal for Redress provides a way in which individual service members can appeal to Congress to fully support us and actively oppose media attacks on our mission and our morale.
This Appeal will be delivered to members of Congress.
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- Most Americans don't even know what kind of country we live in, they think it's a "DEMOCRACY" which is total BS, democracy is one of the worst forms of government ever, democracy is majority rule, whatever the majority wants. Well we don't live in a DEMOCRACY, we live in a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, where our RIGHTS are guaranteed no matter who is in power. You democrats and republicans better go do your homework you fools.
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- washingtonpost.com August 9, 2003
Bush Cites 'Progress' Being Made in Iraq
White House Report on 'Successes' in Iraq Counters Criticism of Postwar Plan
Rumsfeld Says Progress Being Made in Iraq
By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Americans Can't Neglect Signs of Progress in Iraq, Rice Says
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2005
Americans cannot forget the progress being made in Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said from Jerusalem today.
'Progress Being Made' in Iraq, Abizaid Says
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2005
29 March 2006
Cheney Says United States Making Progress in Stabilizing Iraq
Feb. 21, 2007 - EXCLUSIVE: Vice President Cheney tells ABC News that British P.M.Tony Blair's just-announced troop reduction is a sign progress is being made in Iraq. - Reply to this comment
- You are correct in calling the Democrats Cowardly, as a matter of fact I'm having "Bumper Stickers" made up showing the American flag with the logo "These colors don't run (except when the Democrats are in office) I'll send you one for free."
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- "our dignitaries sneak in and out like terrorists"...usmcsgt
The reason they sneak in and out like terrorists is because THEY ARE TERRORISTS. - Reply to this comment
- Sgt, ready for the neutrons yet?
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- After being mislead, probably actually lied to, uncountable times, how can we believe anything from our military spokesmen or our government?
Weren't all the previous helicopter crashes first reported as "hard landings"?
If any of these actually are "hard landings", either our helicopter fleet is in dire need of service or our pilots need a refresher course.
I would imagine that it is the former: our fleet is probably in dire need of service. - Reply to this comment
Author Thomas Friedman on Obama's Afghanistan plan and the war on terror.
