A US helicopter was destroyed and nine others were damaged in an artillery attack on a US camp in Taji on Sunday but only disclosed yesterday, news reports said - while elsewhere at least 19 more deaths were reported in Iraq.
The helicopters had been stationed at the camp about 30km north west of the capital Baghdad, the sources said. A spokesman for the US defence department had confirmed the attack, according to the report that gave no indication of perpetrators or casualties. Reports said this was the first announcement by the US army of the destruction and damage to its helicopters at one of its bases since the start of the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. |