Report: Low tech Iraqi weaponry downed two helicopters

Iraqi forces, with a hail of small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, downed two Apache helicopters today and forced 30 other helicopters in their brigade back to their base, The New York Times reported.

Iraqi forces, with a hail of small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, downed two Apache helicopters today and forced 30 other helicopters in their brigade back to their base, The New York Times reported.

One two member crew was unaccounted for; the other was rescued.

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