They like us, they really, really like us:

Iraqis cheer at downed British copter in Basra
Military chopper apparently hit by missile slams into house; crew of 4 dead
Updated: 10:12 a.m. ET May 6, 2006

BASRA, Iraq - A British military helicopter crashed in the southern city of Basra on Saturday, and a crowd of Iraqis cheered and threw stones at British forces who raced to the scene to seal off the area.

Police Capt. Mushtaq Khazim said the helicopter crashed into a two-story house in a residential area of the city, apparently after being hit by a missile or a rocket. He said the four-member crew had died but that no Iraqis were hurt on the ground.

The British military confirmed the crash, and said that casualties had resulted, but it provided no other details.

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.

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Meanwhile, 2,417 American soldiers have been killed so that Iraqis have the "freedom" to cheer our losses. Thank George Bush.