Helicopter shot down in Iraq. No casualties.

Thought I'd get the "Blackhawk down" headline up before 6,000 other news sources did. Tying the war in Iraq to Somalia would be almost as juicy for reporters as tying it to Vietnam.

And of course, let's not forget to repeat again the mortar attack news from two days ago. It gives the impression to the casual reader that new attacks have taken place.

Special note for all the gang who claim it has been and is now impossible for Saddam and the Islamists to form alliances:

In a videotape delivered to Associated Press Television News, a heretofore unknown group — Ansar Saddam al-Jihadiya or Saddam's Jihad Supporters — claimed responsibility for attacks on Americans. The tape showed three men — their faces covered —
holding a weapon and a picture of the ousted leader.

"Our organization, with the help of God, has carried out attacks on many American targets and a number of local traitors and agents," one of the three said. "These operations will continue until the atheist army will leave Iraq."