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US checking whether helicopter down near Baghdad
02 Feb 2007 07:09:53 GMT
Source: Reuters
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BAGHDAD, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. military in Iraq said it was checking whether a helicopter came down just north of Baghdad on Friday.

"We're looking at reports of a possible aircraft down," a spokeswoman, Lieutenant Colonel Josslyn Aberle, said when asked about reports from residents near the major U.S. air base at Taji that they saw a helicopter come down shortly after dawn. U.S. embassy spokesman Lou Fintor also said: "We're looking into the reports."


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