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08-11-06, 04:20 PM
August 11, 2006
Service members’ bodies recovered
By Sameer N. Yacoub
Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The bodies of two American service members missing since a helicopter crash this week were found west of Baghdad, officials said Friday. The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter they were flying in crashed in an undisclosed body of water during a routine flight in Anbar province west of the capital, and divers had been looking for the two Americans, U.S. officials said.
Four others were injured in the crash, which was not believed to have been caused by hostile fire. The military did not say when or where the bodies were found.
The deaths raised to 2,597 the number of U.S. military personnel who have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Ellie
Service members’ bodies recovered
By Sameer N. Yacoub
Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The bodies of two American service members missing since a helicopter crash this week were found west of Baghdad, officials said Friday. The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter they were flying in crashed in an undisclosed body of water during a routine flight in Anbar province west of the capital, and divers had been looking for the two Americans, U.S. officials said.
Four others were injured in the crash, which was not believed to have been caused by hostile fire. The military did not say when or where the bodies were found.
The deaths raised to 2,597 the number of U.S. military personnel who have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Ellie