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US military helicopter is shot down in El Falluja
In the Iraqi city of El Falluj, located 50 km west of Baghdad, a American military helicopter is shot down, Iraqi electronic media reported on Wednesday. Details of the incident are not yet known.
The day before, fierce clashes between Iraqi rebels and the American military took place in El Falluge. As a result of the air shelling by US aircraft of the eastern and southern parts of the city, at least 100 people were killed from the Iraq side, RIA Novosti reports.
Among the dead are not only fighters who resisted the American troops, but also civilians.
The number of losses from the Iraqi side was reported by representatives of the US command. During Tuesday, the city was repeatedly subjected to American aircraft and shelling from tank guns. Earlier, the 41st deceased was reported.
On Monday, in the outskirts of El Falluji, who is one of the strongholds of the resistance of the occupation, the US Army suffered the largest one-time losses over the past five months, ITAR-TASS reports.
Seven American soldiers were killed and eight were injured as a result of undermining two American military vehicles following the column.
US Secretary of Defense Donald Ramsfeld admitted on the eve that more than 1000 US military had died since the beginning of the military campaign in Iraq.