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An American military helicopter crashed north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad killing two crew members, according to US military officials. However they refused to say what had caused the crash. Issuing a brief statement about the crash, the US military said, "Two soldiers were killed when the helicopter went down. Their remains have been recovered and the site secured". Though the officials did not reveal the make of the helicopter, a US defense official said that it was an army AH-64 Apache gunship. The incident took place near a US air base at Taji, and eyewitnesses reported that the chopper had been shot down. A second helicopter was also shot at, but managed to fly to safety. The US army has lost more 50 helicopters since the start of the war in 2003.
The latest incident takes the number of American choppers that crashed to 4 in just two weeks. US marine general Peter Pace said that the military should study the reason for the increasing number of crashes and respond to it by altering the tactics. "Clearly, there's been more effective ground fire, or ground fire that has been more effective against our helicopters in the last couple of weeks. We're taking a hard look at that. Don't know whether or not this is just statistically what's going to happen over time when you're flying at that level and people are shooting at you, or if there's some kind of new tactics and techniques that we need to adjust to", he added.
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