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| US Iraq helicopter crash kills 13 | US Iraq helicopter crash kills 13 |
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| The US military says one of its helicopters has come down north-east of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing all 13 people on-board. | The US military says one of its helicopters has come down north-east of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing all 13 people on-board. |
| The military did not say what caused the helicopter to crash and the incident is now under investigation. | The military did not say what caused the helicopter to crash and the incident is now under investigation. |
| The US has suffered dozens of fatal helicopter crashes in Iraq since the invasion in 2003. | |
| The latest crash comes weeks after a US military helicopter crashed in western Anbar province, killing four troops. | |
| Heavy toll | |
| "A US forces helicopter went down north-east of Baghdad this afternoon. Emergency Coalition Forces responded and secured the scene," a military statement said, Reuters news agency reported. | "A US forces helicopter went down north-east of Baghdad this afternoon. Emergency Coalition Forces responded and secured the scene," a military statement said, Reuters news agency reported. |
| "Thirteen passengers and crew members were aboard the aircraft and all were killed." | "Thirteen passengers and crew members were aboard the aircraft and all were killed." |
| AFP news agency quoted Lt Col Josslyn L Aberle as saying there were nine passengers and four crew on board. | |
| The BBC's world affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge in Baghdad says a short while before the announcement, Medivac helicopters had been seen flying out of the city. | The BBC's world affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge in Baghdad says a short while before the announcement, Medivac helicopters had been seen flying out of the city. |
| He says there have been previous US military helicopter crashes in Iraq but rarely causing casualties on a scale like this. | He says there have been previous US military helicopter crashes in Iraq but rarely causing casualties on a scale like this. |
| In 2005, 31 US troops died in a helicopter crash in bad weather near the Jordanian border, and in November 2003 two Black Hawks collided under fire over Mosul, killing 17 service personnel. | |
| Meanwhile 10 mortars are reported to have landed close to official buildings in the Shia holy city of Karbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad. | |
| Local police say there are casualties. |