Iraqi forces push Apache helicopters back
Iraqi forces, with a hail of small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, downed two Apache helicopters today and forced 30 other helicopters in their brigade back to their base, The New York Times reported.
One two member crew was unaccounted for; the other was rescued.
All 32 helicopters sustained some damage, occasionally slight, US army officials told the newspaper.
The attack on the helicopters today surprised US army leaders, and may cause them to adjust their military strategy, which relied on the Apaches to destroy Iraq’s armoured divisions that ring Baghdad, said the newspaper.
