- (PA News) -- Two pilots were killed tonight when a US
Ar c y OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter attached to the 101st Airborne Division
crashed in northern Iraq, the US military said.
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- The crash occurred about 8.30pm near Qayyarah, 30 miles
south of Mosul, the military said.
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- The cause of the crash was unclear, but the military
said "an initial report from the accompanying second helicopter did
not make mention of hostile activity."
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- Today's deaths brought to 507 the number of American
service members who have died since a US-led coalition launched the Iraq
war on March 20 last year. Most of the deaths have occurred since President
George Bush declared an end to active combat on May 1.
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- It was the fourth helicopter crash suffered by US forces
in Iraq this month.
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- On January 2, an Army OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter
was shot down near the central city of Fallujah, killing one pilot.
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- Six days later, an Army Black Hawk medevac helicopter
was shot down by a rocket near Fallujah, killing all nine US soldiers aboard.
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- A US Army Apache attack helicopter was brought down by
apparent enemy fire on January 13, but both crew members escaped injury.
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- On November 15, two US Army Black Hawk helicopters collided
and crashed in Mosul, killing 17 American soldiers in the US military's
worst single loss of life since the Iraq war began.
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