Helicopter In Iraq Hit By Sophisticated Weapon

Reuters
Wednesday, February 14, 2007;
8:29 AM
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A Marine Ch-46 Sea Knight transport helicopter that crashed in Iraq last week was brought down by a "sophisticated piece of weaponry," the U.S. military said on Wednesday.

It was the first time the U.S. military had acknowledged that insurgents could be using sophisticated weapons to attack U.S. helicopters. Previously they have said that helicopters had been hit by only machine gunfire.

U.S. military spokesman Major General William Caldwell made the statement during a news briefing in Baghdad. He did not say what brought the helicopter down.