No Serious Injuries in Helo Crash; Troops Kill, Detain Terrorists

American Forces Press Service ^

[SandRat]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2007 – No one was seriously injured when a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter went down near Baghdad today, military officials reported. Meanwhile, coalition forces killed seven terrorists and detained 13 others, and local citizens and Iraqi police denied an al Qaeda convoy entry into a village over the last two days in Iraq.

The helicopter went down today north of Baghdad while conducting operations. No serious injuries or fatalities occurred. Nine military personnel were on board, and all were evacuated successfully, officials said.

The cause of the incident is under investigation.

In other developments, coalition forces killed seven terrorists and detained 13 others while performing raids today targeting al Qaeda terrorists and those supporting foreign fighters and car-bomb cells.

Intelligence reports indicated terrorists involved in foreign fighter facilitation and the manufacturing of car bombs were operating in Ramadi, Fallujah and Baqubah, officials said.

Coalition forces in an area northwest of Ramadi targeted a building believed to house terrorists involved with foreign fighter activities. Ground forces killed two armed terrorists who confronted them and refused to surrender..

Meanwhile, four more terrorists were attempting to flee the area. Coalition forces saw they were armed with AK-47s, hand grenades and vests containing magazines. After multiple failed attempts to get the terrorists to surrender, coalition forces killed the four terrorists.

Ground forces detained seven suspected terrorists at the site and destroyed the weapons and grenades. Also on the scene were 13 women and 26 children, none of whom were harmed during the raid.

During a raid south of Baqubah, three individuals fled the scene as coalition forces arrived. One individual was detained without incident; however, another individual lunged at ground forces.

Ground forces used what officials called “proper self-defense measures” and killed the terrorist. The third individual crossed the river and escaped. While investigating the scene, coalition forces discovered AK-47s, magazines, body armor and a suicide vest.

Coalition forces targeting terrorists involved with a foreign fighter facilitator network in Fallujah detained four suspected terrorists without incident.

Elsewhere, local citizens and Iraqi police denied an al Qaeda in Iraq convoy entry into Jumaylah, 60 kilometers west of Baghdad, yesterday, firing on the convoy and detonating a suicide truck bomb that injured one Iraqi police officer, one civilian and the bomber.

U.S. Army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne), responded to the attack, where Iraqi police were already on the scene.

An Iraqi officer reported that terrorists seeking a safe haven within the town near Karmah had been threatening the citizens over the past several months. The citizens responded by forming a checkpoint within the town to deny al Qaeda any sanctuary.

At about 4 a.m., an Iraqi policeman attempted to stop a seven-vehicle convoy from entering the town. When the convoy continued, local civilians manning the checkpoint opened fire and one vehicle equipped as a car bomb exploded.

The injured Iraqi officer was medically evacuated to a coalition hospital. The civilian injured in the attack suffered minor injuries and was treated on the scene by coalition forces.

The driver of the vehicle used as a car bomb survived the incident and was transported by coalition forces to the Joint Coordination Center in Fallujah for questioning, where he was later identified as a Syrian national. Iraqi security forces and coalition forces are attempting to locate the remaining insurgents involved in the incident.

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)

[SandRat]

FR WAR NEWS!

WAR News at Home and Abroad You'll Hear Nowhere Else!

All the News the MSM refuses to use!

[Gideon7]

The driver of the vehicle used as a car bomb survived the incident and was transported by coalition forces to the Joint Coordination Center in Fallujah for questioning, where he was later identified as a Syrian national.

But Jim Baker says we're supposed to negotiate with Syria.

[shrinkermd]

Great news. God bless our Armed Forces and God Bless America.

[magslinger]

The citizens responded by forming a checkpoint within the town to deny al Qaeda any sanctuary.

We are winning in Iraq. Terrorists are just bullies with guns and bombs. Standing up to them works. If we could just convince the liberal leadership of this, maybe we could be winning in Washington, too.

[Son House]

" We are winning in Iraq. "

I'll say, We are winning in Iraq.

Just went to
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=1&id=4&Itemid=21

Wednesday, 21 February 2007
Paratroopers seek out community leaders in Adhamiyah
MNF-W personnel attacked
CCCI convicts 23 insurgents
Seven terrorists killed, 13 detained in VBIED, foreign fighter raids
Jumaylah citizens deny insurgents
Al Qaeda in Iraq operations interdicted by IA, 2-7 Cavalry in Ninewa Province
Helicopter down north of Baghdad
Command wire leads to chicken coop, cache find
One live round leads to larger weapons cache
Joint operation leads to detention of several AIF
Iraqi Police conduct operation Shurta Nasir to clear Hit of insurgents
Iraqi Army, Coalition Forces clear Buhriz
Iraqi Army Captures Members of IED Cell in Baghdad
Iraqi Army Captures 2 Rogue JAM Cell Members During Raid
Iraqi Army Captures Foreign Fighter Facilitators During Raid
Iraqi Army troops discover cache
MND-B patrol attacked during clearing operation
Joint operation nets six suspects \

Some big wins, just today,
our Troops are doing outstanding,
yet,
most elected Democrats would still deny re-enforcements and
financing,
if given the chance.

[magslinger]

Big wins by our armed forces are great and necessary, but when the Iraqi Joe Sixpack says "OK, I'm done with getting beat up by these terrorists, I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it!" it's a sure sign that he sees us as winning and is willing to do what needs to be done in order to be free. That is the way to victory. The road home for our troops in this war leads past the Iraqis standing up and taking charge of their own lives. Just another sign that we are making progress.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See this for how mad a former al-Queda comrade is (and He owned a TV Station which he used to tell the other Sunnis how mad he was ...at al-Queda) :

IRAQ: al-Zawraa vs al-Qaeda ~ Mishan al-Jabouri goes on al-Zawraa and attacks al-Qaeda....

[La Enchiladita]

Excellent news all around!

[Marine_Uncle]

Another good news story. Our guys egress crash safely, goons get bullets in the head.