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Iraq: Usa Black Hawk shot down in Tikrit

Tikrit, Iraq - Five Usa soldier were injured

An Usa Black Hawk helicopter has been shot down on Saturday near Tikrit, the native city of the former dictator Saddam Hussein at approximately 180 km from Baghdad. The chopper has been attacked with anti-tank Rpg rockets and shot down near Tigris river, catching fire. Five Usa soldiers were wounded. The news has been confirmed by an American military spokesperson and by a Afp agency photographer who...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 54138
Rome, Italy, 10/27/2003 16:25
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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