lack hawk helicopter down in iraq,seven dead
washington (reuters) - a u.s.army black hawk helicopter has been shot down by small arms fire in southern iraq (news - web sites),killing seven and wounding four on board,a u.s.official said on wednesday.
the helicopter was shot down near kerbala,south of baghdad,early on thursday iraqi time,the official said,speaking on condition of anonymity.
search and rescue personnel were at the scene,the official said,adding:"they were pulling people out." the black hawk was carrying 11 personnel,the official said.
the black hawk was the second u.s.helicopter lost in combat since u.s.and british forces invaded iraq two weeks ago.an apache gunship went down last week and its two crew members were captured by iraqi forces.