U.S. Copter Under Fire in Iraq; GI Killed

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. Army helicopter made a forced landing Monday night under hostile fire in northern Iraq, and one soldier was killed and another injured, the U.S. military said.

The incident occurred in Tal Afar, an insurgent-ridden city 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, the military said.


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Second edit, update from CNN:


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Separately, a U.S. pilot was killed and a second was wounded when a U.S. helicopter was hit by small-arms fire in northern Iraq, a military spokesman said.


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The attack on the UH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter came while it was flying over Tal Afar.

The aircraft went down, but the wounded pilot was able to get the helicopter airborne again and left the immediate area.

The number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war stands at 1,877.

or are they referring to yesterday's attack?

Elsewhere, the U.S. military said an Army helicopter made a forced landing late Monday under hostile fire near the northern city of Tal Afar, and one soldier was killed and another injured.

The outcome of the border clashes could affect the ease with which foreign fighters can slip into the country from Syria. Tensions have been rising over the presence of foreign fighters linked to al-Qaida, and fighting has flared in the area sporadically for months, U.S. officials have said.

The reports of new fighting in the border area came as leaders of Iraq's Sunni Arab community pondered their next move after failing to block parliament from signing off on the country's new constitution.

The charter now goes to the voters. Sunni Arab clerics have been urging their followers to turn out for the Oct. 15 referendum, avoiding the mistake that the community made in January when

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