Saturday, May 6

British Copter Shot Down In Basra

British authorities are holding comments but police Capt. Mushtaq Khazim said the helicopter was shot down by a missile or rocket. But it was what happened after it crashed that speaks the loudest.

(AP/Yahoo)As British forces and armored vehicles arrived at the scene, some people in the crowd threw stones, jumped up and down and raised their fists. The chaotic scene was widely shown on state-run al-Iraqiya TV.