Monday, November 9, 2009  Iraq Related articles 6 January 2020: Iraqi Parliament votes for expulsion of United States troops 6 January 2020: United States military kills Qasem Soleimani 10 November 2019: Coalition authorities report no casualties from missile strike on Iraqi air base 9 November 2018: Mass graves of thousands of ISIL victims found, UN reports 19 October 2017: Iraqi army regains control over Peshmerga fighters' occupied Kirkuk Location of Iraq Collaborate! Pillars of Wikinews writing Writing an article The United States military in Iraq has said that two US helicopter pilots were killed in a crash in the Salah ad Din province in north-central Iraq today. The military described the crash as a "hard landing" in a statement; however, few other details were provided. According to the statement, the cause of the incident is under investigation, although there was no immediate indication that the crash could have been caused by an enemy attack. The identities of the pilots are being withheld until their families are notified. With these deaths, as well as that of a US Marine killed today in an accident, the number of US troops killed in Iraq since the invasion in March of 2003 has increased to 4,362. This article includes material from 2 US Pilots Killed in Iraq by VOA News, which is in the public domain. "2 US Pilots Killed in Iraq" — VOA News, November 9, 2009 "US helicopter pilots die in Iraq" — BBC News Online, November 9, 2009
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