Eight American Soldiers Lost
Six Killed in Helicopter Crash in Iraq; Two in Other Fighting
By JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer
TIKRIT, Iraq - An Army helicopter crashed Friday into a riverbank near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, killing six U.S. soldiers, the military said. It probably was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, an officer said.
Two Americans also were killed in separate attacks Thursday and Friday in the northern city of Mosul, raising concerns that the insurgency was spreading north.
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They died in pursuit of weapons of mass desturction that did not exist. Weapons Mr. Rumsfeld said he knew they had - that he even knew where they were.