12 killed when 2 Black Hawks crash in Mosul

CNN ^ | 11/15/03 | CNN

[MikeJ]

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Twelve U.S. soldiers were killed and nine were wounded Saturday evening when two U.S. military helicopters crashed in a residential area of the northern city of Mosul, a coalition military spokesman said.

The two UH-60 Black Hawks crashed at about 6:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. ET) in the western part of the city, Col. William Darley said. He could not say if the aircraft collided or under what circumstances they crashed. He said soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, Iraqi police and Iraqi firefighters were on the scene.

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, Iraqi police and Iraqi firefighters were on the scene, Darley said.

Two other U.S. helicopters have gone down in November, both apparently shot down by insurgents.

• A CH-47 Chinook was brought down November 2 near Fallujah, killing 16 soldiers, many on their way to a two-week leave.

• A UH-60 Black Hawk was shot down November 7 near Saddam Hussein's hometown, Tikrit, killing all six soldiers aboard.

[bulldogs]

We have to honor our fallen soldiers by standing up to the left. Lock and load.

[boxerblues]

Prayers for these brave soldiers and their families. Rest in peace

[arete]

12 more dead soldiers.

Richard W.

[Archangelsk]

We have to honor our fallen soldiers by standing up to the left. Lock and load.

What do you want to do? Shoot the left? The fight is out there, friend, and we need every swinging dick in the unit to win.

[tbpiper]

12 more dead soldiers.

And your point??

[Austin Willard Wright]

And your point is? I can't understand why you would even ask.

[tbpiper]

Just what the hell are you trying to say?? Step out there and make a clear point if you've got the guts.

[Austin Willard Wright]

I stated my point quite clearly, unlike you you who just responds with cryptic questions to others who like me who are frustrated by the bloody cost of this quagmire, and yes it is a quagmire.

[rickmichaels]

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

-- by John McRae

(Thank you, brave American warriors)

[tbpiper]

It's attitudes like yours that feed the damn jehadis. Shut up and quit helping them kill our troops.

[tiki]

I won't tell what I think of your opinion but it isn't much.

[Austin Willard Wright]

Let's leave the insults aside for a moment and try to have a constructive exchange. What is your goal in Iraq? Do you think Dubya's stated goal of sticking around there to create a unified/democratic state is even feasible. I think it is a Wilsonian pipedream. You are free to disgree but unfortunately the daily death goal indicates I am right. What is your alternative because the status quo is a no-win situation and is getting worse! I have put an alternative on the table: bring 'em home.

[Austin Willard Wright]

I agree: you can't think much.

[Meem the Scream]

"…daily death goal…"

Freudian slip?

[Austin Willard Wright]

Apologize for that! If you are a gentleman, you will.

[xzins]

Since it's 2 of them, I'm guessing mid-air collision with 2 or more in some kind of formation.

[Lurker]

" Do you think Dubya's stated goal of sticking around there to create a unified/democratic state is even feasible."

Yes. People like you said it was impossible in Germany, Italy, and Japan. They were wrong.

"You are free to disgree but unfortunately the daily death goal indicates I am right."

It indicates no such thing.

It's pretty racist of you to think the Iraqis, or any Arabs for that matter are incapable of forming a democratic form of government.

L

[tbpiper]

bring 'em home.

I don't want a constructive exchange. I want you and all the other self righteous cowards out their, be they 'conservative', democrat, leftist, or what ever sub species of scum, the shut the hell up!!!! All of your constructive exchanges end up as sermons in the mosques. Syrian 'guest immans' use them to encourage further attacks. At least that's what my son says. My son is with the 101st in Mosul and hope to God I hear from him.

My alternative is to support my son and the rest of the troops with everything I have. That means that, contrary to you, I won't give the enemy anything to build on.

So let me sum things up: SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!