Helicopter Crashes In Iraq

In Iraq, a Black Hawk Helicopter crashed killing twelve Americans that were involved. The crash occurred January 7, 2006, just before midnight. This happened in a city named Tal Afar. this was said to be the worst crash since a CH-53 Sea Stallion crashed on Jan. 26, 2005 in Western Iraq this killed thirty one U.S. military personnel. With these latest Marine deaths, at least 2,211 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the war in 2003, according to an Associated Press count.