Seven US troops killed in Iraq helicopter crash: US official
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 16 March 2018
- Modified Date: 03:59 | 16 March 2018
Seven US troops were killed when the helicopter carrying them crashed in western Iraq, a US defense official said Friday.
"There were seven people aboard, they are all believed to be dead," the official said, adding they were US service members.
"It was a routine troop transport operation going from Iraq to Syria, nothing out of the ordinary."
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