US Helicopter Crashes near Fallujah

Politics | April 13, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00
US Helicopter Crashes near Fallujah Iraq's Shia militias insurgency has been on the rise for a week now. The clerical leader al-Sadr pledged he would die for the cause of expelling the coalition forces out of the country. Photo by WN.

An American helicopter MH-53 has crashed southeast of the Iraqi town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad.

It was not immediately known how many the members of the crew are, nor the cause of the crash, AFP reported, citing an officers from the Marine Infantry.

Reports say the helicopter does not belong to the Marine Infantry, but to an yet unknown American governmental agency.

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