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Helicopter Crash Kills 3 in Iraq A US Marine UH-1 Huey helicopter crash killed three Marines and injured a fourth. The crash occurred upon take-off from a forward-supply and refueling point in southern Iraq, but was not the result of enemy fire. The helicopter may have experienced difficulty in bad weather conditions while taking off for its mission. This is the third reported accident involving helicopters since the war opened less than two weeks ago. Eight British royal commandos and four U.S. Marines were killed last week after a US Marine helicopter crashed south of the Iraqi border in Kuwait. The crew of 12 made up the first coalition casualties in the War in Iraq.
Operation Desert Lion Begins Troops from the 82nd Airborne Division have begun an assault in the Kohe Safi Mountains near Bagram Air Base in northeastern Afghanistan. Dubbed Operation Desert Lion, soldiers unearthed and blew up various arms caches in place. The operation followed Operation Valiant Strike, a similar mission in the mountains near Kandahar in the southeast. Desert Lion has so far succeeded in destroying two caches of weapons, including 107mm rockets, mortar rounds and machine gun ammunition. Some 600 units are involved in the Afghan ground offensive, troops that are backed by heavily-armed helicopters.
Soldiers Killed, Captured in Supply Unit Ambush The 507th Ordnance Maintenance Company, traveling in support of Patriot anti-missile batteries being positioned farther north inside Iraq, was ambushed after mistakenly driving the wrong way. The supply unit took a wrong turn into the city of Nasiriyah, where they became lost without the protection of combat units. It is believed a band of insurgents attacked the truck convoy from all sides after a Humvee in the convoy was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade, causing it to crash at high speed into the rear of an Army tractor-trailer. Eleven soldiers died in the attack and six others were taken hostage. Two of the prisoners are identified as females: Spc. Shoshana Johnson and Pvt. Jessica Lynch.
Soldiers Prevail Through Sandstorm US forces killed between 150 and 200 insurgents in the biggest firefight in the war thus far. In the Euphrates Valley east of Najaf, elements of the 3rd Infantry Division fought against Iraqi foot soldiers firing rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons. The immense battle was hindered by fierce sandstorms that prevented troops from calling in air support. Pentagon officials said there were no immediate reports of U.S. casualties, and the exact elements fighting the US soldiers is unknown. Some divisions of the Republican Guard�s Medina Division are known to be within a 40 mile range, but the enemy could also have part of Saddam Hussein�s Fedayeen paramilitary.
Apache Helicopter Shot Down, Pilots Captured Two pilots whose Apache helicopter went down in Iraq have been taken prisoner. David S. Williams and Ronald D. Young, Jr., both chief warrant officers, are confirmed captured by anti-American forces. A short video of the pilots in captivity has been released to media outlets in the Middle East. The video shows the two men in their flight suits and several identification and credit cards belonging to the men, including a card for a bank on a military base in the United States where Apache helicopters are based. The pilots were on a mission to hit the Republican Guard armored brigade and knock out its tanks, but encountered strong resistance from what was previously believed to be civilian areas.
Lone Hijacker Surrenders The suspect in the hijacking of a Turkish Airlines plane surrendered after he released 203 passengers and crew at the international airport in Athens, Greece. The 20-year-old suspect, Ozgur Gencaslan, held the passengers and crew aboard flight TK 160 for six hours shortly after the plane�s take-off from Istanbul, Turkey. The flight landed safely in Athens, and no one was hurt in the ordeal. Authorities say Gencaslan had demanded to be taken to Germany, where his mother and sister had been arrested. The hijacking ended with telephone negotiations and an escort by military jets into the Greek airport.
101st Soldier Detained in Friendly Grenade Attack In a bizarre attack on his own men, a soldier from the 101st Airborne Division has been detained after launching grenades into one of the division�s camps. The attack at the 101st�s Camp Pennsylvania wounded 12 people and killed one after a disgruntled soldier threw three live grenades into the tents of commanding officers from the tactical operations center. Two injured soldiers were treated at the scene, and 11 others were taken by helicopter to local Army combat support hospitals, where one later died from his injuries. According to military investigators, the suspect was recently reprimanded for insubordination and was told he would stay behind when his unit left camp for Iraq.
11 Indicted in Italian Air Disaster Eleven airport and air traffic control officials will stand trial for Italy's worst aviation disaster in history. 118 people were killed more than a year ago at Milan's Linate airport, where the defendants erroneously led a private Cessna jet into the path of a Scandinavian Airlines System passenger plane as it lifted for take-off. The airport officials on duty face multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter for the deaths of all 104 passengers and six crew on the Copenhagen-bound flight, and four people in the hangar. The airport was operating while a ground radar system was broken and lights and signs along the taxiways were insufficient.
Serbian PM Assassinated In Belgrade, Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic was assassinated by two snipers who shot the Serbian leader in the back and stomach outside his government offices. Police carrying machine guns sealed off the area where the incident occurred, and are conducting full-scale searches of area vehicles and passengers. With no suspects under arrest, authorities have halted all bus, rail and plane traffic in and out of Belgrade. Mr. Djindjic, 50, waged a pro-democracy campaign for Serbia, and was instrumental in arresting Slobodan Milosevic, whom Djindjic handed over to the war crimes tribunal in 2001.

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