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Iraq: Army Helicopter Shot Down

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06.16.14 | 4:09 pm
FILE - This image made from video posted by Iraqi0Revolution, a group supporting the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, which has been verified and is consiste... FILE - This image made from video posted by Iraqi0Revolution, a group supporting the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows a militant standing in front of a burning Iraqi Army Humvee in Tikrit, Iraq. There were among tens of thousands of people who fled their homes as Islamic State fighters and other Sunni militants seized much of northern Iraq, including Mosul and Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit. (AP Photo/Iraqi0Revolution via AP video, File) MORE LESS

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security officials say an army helicopter has been shot during clashes with Islamic militants west of Baghdad.

They said the helicopter’s two-man crew was killed when their aircraft was shot down Monday near the city of Fallujah in Anbar province. Fallujah has been under the control of Sunni militants since January.

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