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14 U.S. Soldiers from Task Force Lightning Killed in Crash
A Black Hawk helicopter went down in Northern Iraq, killing 14 U.S. troops aboard. This is the deadliest crash since January 2005. The military reported that the UH60 helicopter suffered mechanical problems and was not brought down by enemy fire. The four crew members and 10 passengers were assigned to Task Force Lightning. The helicopter was part of a two-helicopter night mission.
The deadliest crash occurred on Jan. 26, 2005, when a CH53 Sea Stallion transport helicopter went down in a sandstorm in western Iraq, killing 31 U.S. troops.
Wednesday’s deaths raised to at least 3,721 members of the U.S. military who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003.
Elsewhere in northern Iraq, a suicide truck bomber targeted a police agency in northern Iraq, killing at least 27 people and wounding 65, police and hospital officials said.
Those killed Wednesday included 18 policemen and nine civilians, while 20 officers and 45 civilians were wounded, the officials said.
