Two Black Hawks down in Baghdad
Monday, 6 October 2008
BAGHDAD, Oct 5 (Agencies): Officials say a roadside bomb attack on a British convoy in Basra has injured an Iraqi civilian.
British military in Iraq spokesman Maj. Bill Young says the attack happened around 8:30 a.m. local time Sunday on a convoy carrying Western contractors. The contractors were on their way to a children's hospital to inspect work on the building.
Young said none of those in the convoy were injured. However, an Iraqi police official in Basra said one Iraqi civilian was wounded.
He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media. No other details were immediately available.
Meanwhile: An Iraqi soldier was killed when two US helicopters collided while landing at a base in northern Baghdad, the American military says.
A military spokesman said two American troops and two other Iraqi soldiers were wounded when the Black Hawks crashed Saturday evening.
He said the crash did not appear to have been caused by hostile fire.
But Baghdad police said a US helicopter was downed by gunfire and there was fighting in the area after it crashed.
The police said the fighting was between local militias and American and Iraqi forces.
A freelance cameraman in Baghdad used by the BBC said he was in the area when a helicopter went down.
British military in Iraq spokesman Maj. Bill Young says the attack happened around 8:30 a.m. local time Sunday on a convoy carrying Western contractors. The contractors were on their way to a children's hospital to inspect work on the building.
Young said none of those in the convoy were injured. However, an Iraqi police official in Basra said one Iraqi civilian was wounded.
He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media. No other details were immediately available.
Meanwhile: An Iraqi soldier was killed when two US helicopters collided while landing at a base in northern Baghdad, the American military says.
A military spokesman said two American troops and two other Iraqi soldiers were wounded when the Black Hawks crashed Saturday evening.
He said the crash did not appear to have been caused by hostile fire.
But Baghdad police said a US helicopter was downed by gunfire and there was fighting in the area after it crashed.
The police said the fighting was between local militias and American and Iraqi forces.
A freelance cameraman in Baghdad used by the BBC said he was in the area when a helicopter went down.