Helicopter in Iraq hit by sophisticated weapon: U.S.

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Perilous Times

Helicopter in Iraq hit by sophisticated weapon: U.S.*

Reuters
Wednesday, February 14, 2007; 8:29 AM

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.