Another Helo down near Baghdad
BBC: Helicopter 'crashes near Baghdad'
The US military says it is checking reports that a helicopter has gone down north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Police and witnesses reported seeing a helicopter come down near a US air base at Taji, shortly after dawn. If confirmed, it would be the fourth helicopter lost in two weeks. Last month, 12 US soldiers died when a Black Hawk military helicopter crashed near Baghdad. The helicopter is believed to have been shot down. The US military has lost more than 50 military helicopters in Iraq since May 2003.
"I can confirm that we are looking into reports that a helicopter went down north of Baghdad," US military spokeswoman Lt Col Josslyn Aberle said.
Reuters news agency quoted an unnamed Iraqi military source as saying his unit saw the helicopter go down near Taji, about 30km (20 miles) north of the capital. "We don't know the reasons for the crash, nor its exact site because the US army has sealed off the area," the source said.