U.S. Gunship Kills 7 Pro-Saddam Iraqis
TIKRIT, Iraq - A U.S. Apache helicopter killed seven Iraqis believed to be followers of Saddam Hussein who were preparing to launch a rocket attack on an American military base, an official said Friday. U.S. soldiers later found hundreds of rockets and missiles at the insurgents' area.
One other Iraqi was wounded and captured while another escaped after being fired on by the Apache late Thursday in an encampment with bunkers about 20 miles north of Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, said Maj. Josslyn Aberle, spokeswoman of the 4th Infantry Division.
U.S. soldiers later went to the area and discovered more than 600 missiles and rockets in two bunkers and on a flatbed truck, one of three vehicles destroyed by the Apache fire, Aberle said.
The Iraqis were setting up a rocket to be fired toward the U.S. forward operating base called Speicher, about 6 miles to the north, when they were spotted by the Apache, which was on a reconnaissance mission, Aberle said.
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