April 23, 2005
US Captures 6 Terrorists in Helicopter Shooting

I have to say, I'm a bit impressed that we managed to get them this fast:

U.S. forces captured six men suspected in the downing of a civilian helicopter and the shooting death of the lone survivor. The suspects in the helicopter downing were caught after U.S. soldiers from Task Force Baghdad were tipped off by an Iraqi civilian who told the Americans that he knew where insurgents had stashed a blue KIA pickup truck that was used in the attack and led them to the site, the military said in a statement.

The important part is that we were led to the terrorists by Iraqi civilians; the dead in the helicopter shoot-down weren't Iraqi's, so no Iraqi could have been personally upset over the attack...this has to be Iraqi's just wanting to help the Coalition defeat the terrorist remnants who are making their current crop of mad-dog attacks across Iraq.

Posted by Mark Noonan on April 23, 2005 09:33 PM