Haifa Street helicopter incident
- Haifa Street helicopter incident
The Haifa Street helicopter incident was a controversial event in Bagdhad, Iraq, on September 12, 2004. The fighting started before dawn on Haifa Street, where insurgents detonated two car bombs and attacked American troops with heavy gunfire. An American Bradley armored fighting vehicle was mobilized to support US troops, but it was struck by a car bomb, wounding four American soldiers. [http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/palestine/?id=11235]
After the wounded Americans were evacuated, witnesses reported that a mob had gathered around the burning Bradley, apparently celebrating. Media personnel also arrived on the scene, filming the burning wreckage. Reports said that the media and crowd had been gathered around the vehicle for about three hours after the fighting ended. At Around 0800 hrs, an American helicopter fired two missiles and machine guns at the burning tank, killing 13 people and injuring about 60 others. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3652174.stm]
Among the dead was Mazen al-Tumeizi, a Palestinian reporter for al-Arabiya TV who was filming a report at the time. Tumeizi's death and the incident itself were caught by his cameraman.
The American military said it fired on the vehicle "to prevent looting and harm to the Iraqi people," and that they had fired on insurgents, not civilians. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3652174.stm]
References
External links
* [http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/palestine/?id=11235 At least 12 killed in Baghdad fighting]
* [http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/1830/incident_on_haifa_street Incident on Haifa Street]
* [http://articles.latimes.com/2004/sep/16/world/fg-collateral16 Army Defends Baghdad Battle That Left 16 Dead]
* [http://newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_item&itemid=982 Motive for Haifa Street Helicopter Massacre Remains a Mystery]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/14/iraq.ghaithabdulahad Eyewitness account]
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