That Other War

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. military says five crew members were killed today when their Chinook helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan.

The cause is still being investigating but a military spokesman says it doesn't appear to have been shot down.

A spokesman for the governor of Zabul province, where the crash occurred, says there was no fighting in the area at the time of the crash.

He says he was told the chopper crashed while returning to a U.S. base after dropping off troops for a raid on a suspected militant target.

There have been at least two other fatal crashes of Chinook helicopters this year in Afghanistan. One was shot down.

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Meanwhile another soldier has been killed in Iraq, bringing the dead American soldier count to 1915.

There appears to be lots of death and dying and rampant lawlessness all over Iraq.

Bring them home already, okay.