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Four dead in Afghan Black Hawk crasl
By Robert Burns
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Four U.S. soldiers were killed
when their Black Hawk helicop
ter crashed during a training
mission in eastern Afghanistan
on Thursday, U.S. officials said.
The cause is being investigated.
It was the deadliest day for
the American military in
Afghanistan since March 4,
2002, when seven soldiers were
killed and 11 wounded at the
outset of an offensive against
Taliban and al-Qaida remnant
forces.
The UH-60 Black Hawk,
with two pilots and two crew
members aboard, crashed sever
al miles east of Bagram air base
in an area known as the East
Training Range, said Jim
Wilkinson, director of strategic
communications at Central
Command headquarters in
Tampa, Fla.
Wilkinson said there were no
indications of hostile fire. He
said it appeared to be an acci
dent but no other details were
available.
Details on the victims,
including their names and Army
unit affiliations, were not imme
diately released.
An Associated Press reporter
in Afghanistan who attempted to
reach the scene of the crash was
turned back by Afghan security.
U.S. military authorities at
Bagram referred all questions to
Central Command.
Bagram is the main base of
U.S. military operations in
Afghanistan.
The Black Hawk is a utility
transport aircraft designed to
carry 1 1 combat-ready, air
assault troops, and it is capable
of moving a 105-millimeter
howitzer, its crew of six and 30
rounds of ammunition.
It is manufactured by
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., which
also makes an export version
called the S-70A Black Hawk.
The UH-60 Black Hawk was
first fielded in 1978 and made
its combat debut in the October
1983 invasion of Grenada. It
performs a variety of missions,
including air assault, air cavalry
and aeromedical evacuations. In
addition, modified Black Hawks
operate as command and con
trol, electronic warfare, and spe
cial operations aircraft.
The last previous American
killed in Afghanistan was Sgt.
Helicopter crashes
in Afghanistan
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk
helicopter carrying several
Americans crashed near the
Bagram air base Thursday.
U.S. Army
helicopter crashed
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AFGHANISTAN
Bagram air base
° Kabul
•Jalalabad
UH-60 Black Hawk
Primary function: Medium-lift
helicopter
Length (rotors turning): 64 feet, 10
inches (19.76 meters)
Height: 16 feet, 10 inches (5.13
meters)
Speed: 223 mph (359 kph)
Ceiling: 19.000 feet (5,790 meters)
Range: 368 miles (592 km)
50 mi
50 km
UZB
Kabul"
AFGHANISTAN
TAJIKISItt
PAKISTAN
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Steven Checo, 22, a member of killed troops. Two Am
the Army’s 82nd Airborne. He Rangers and two Marinesb
was shot Dec. 21, 2002, while been killed, and at least Hoik
on a nighttime operation in the troops have been injured,
eastern province of Paktika, On Oct. 19, 2001, Am
near the border of Pakistan. Ranger Pfc. Kristofi
Since U.S. military action in Stonesifer, 28, and Spc. Jota!
Afghanistan began in October Edmunds, 20, were killed inli
2001, at least five U.S. helicop- crash of a Black Hawks
ters have crashed or had hard Pakistan,
landings that have injured or
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By David Rising
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAMBURG, Gennany — Their voices qua
vering as they told how their loved ones died on
Sept. 11, five Americans on Thursday confronted
the first suspect to stand trial for the attacks and
demanded harsh punishment for “the puppets of
Osama bin Laden.”
Mounir el Motassadeq, an alleged member of
the al-Qaida cell that included lead hijacker
Mohamed Atta, listened intently but showed no
emotion as the men and women painfully relived
their experiences in Hamburg state court.
Led by Stephen Push, whose wife was killed in
the plane that crashed into the Pentagon, more
than 20 relatives have joined the proceedings,
which began in October and are expected to end
next month, under German laws allowing relatives
of crime victims to review evidence, file motions
and question witnesses.
Observers cried softly in the courtroom gallery
as Maureen Fanning, whose New York City fire
fighter husband Jack, 54, was killed in the col
lapse of the second tower of the World Trade
Center, told the court what the loss had meant to
their two severely autistic sons.
“The boys have very little in their lives — they
can’t read, they can’t write,” said Fanning, her
voice choked with emotion. “But they had Jack to
walk in the door and smile at them — something
special — that was stolen from them on Sept. 11.”
El Motassadeq, a 28-year-old Moroccan, is
accused of providing logistical support to the
Hamburg cell. He faces a possible life sentence if
convicted of membership in a terrorist organiza
tion and more than 3,000 counts of accessory to
murder, though his actual time in prison would
likely translate to a maximum of about 15 years
under German law.
Fanning pleaded for him to be kept behind bars
for life, saying “the world has to be protected
from the suicidal murderous inclinations of the
defendant and his friends.”
After the statement. Presiding Judge Albrecht
Mentz said it would have been inappropriate to
interrupt her, but asked those who were to follow
to avoid making pronouncements of el
Motassadeq’s guilt or innocence.
That did not stop Deena Burnett, who moved
with her three young daughters back near her fam
ily in Little Rock, Ark., after her husband, Thomas
Burnett, was killed when United Airlines Flight
93 crashed in Pennsylvania. Burnett is believed to
have joined other passengers who broke into the
cockpit and prevented the hijackers from carrying
out an attack on the capital.
“My request is for you to demonstrate the
same courage as the passengers on Flight 93 in
holding the defendant responsible for his acts of
terrorism and murder,” she told the five judges
hearing the case.
Joan Molinaro said her 32-year-old New York
City firefighter son, Carl Molinaro, left behind his
wife and then 2-year-old daughter and 3-week-old
son when he was killed helping people escape the
World Trade Center.
“Rather than fight our military as true soldiers
would have done, these cowards chose to kill
innocents, including women and children,” she
said. “The puppets of Osama bin Laden are not
men, they are cowards.”
After the statements, the Americans said they
were struck by the fact that el Motassadeq sat 15
feet away and looked at them the whole time,
but never flinched.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Belgium recognizes
gay marriages
BRUSSELS(AP) - Belgiui
became the second nation in th
world to officially recognize ji
marriages Thursday, when paife
ment backed the move with
large majority.
The Netherlands approve:
same-sex marriages two yea’
ago, but unlike its northern nei(
bor, Belgium did not go as fait:
allow such couples to adopt chi
dren.
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enduring and loving relationshi
is appreciated in the same way w
our modern society," saMAw
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Australia train wreiv
kills 7, injures 16
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -Atia
packed with commuters derail
during rush hour Friday momi
outside Sydney, killing at lea
seven people and trapping othf
in the wreckage. All four of It
train's cars lay crumpled or to|
pled along the tracks.
Rescue workers were trying!
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cars in the rough terrain of \
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town Sydney.
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