BBC: Apache helicopter crashes in Iraq

A US helicopter has crashed north of Baghdad, the US military has announced. It is not clear if there are survivors.

The Apache attack helicopter went down in a field and burst into flames, the Associated Press reports.

The military said it would investigate the crash of the helicopter, which normally carries a crew of two.

The crash came on Monday morning, a day after US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned it may be years before the insurgency in Iraq is defeated.


The Apache is one of the main US attack helicopters

Semper Fi

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