ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <!-- saved from url=(0129)http://www.thememoryhole.org/media/al-jazeera/topics/article9d61.html?cu_no=1&item_no=962&version=1&template_id=277&parent_id=258 --> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Al Jazeera - objective and balanced global news coverage and analysis- Features</TITLE><!-- Mirrored from english.aljazeera.net/topics/article.asp?cu_no=1&item_no=962&version=1&template_id=277&parent_id=258 by HTTrack Website Copier/3.x [XR&CO'2003], Tue, 25 Mar 2003 19:12:01 GMT --> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-16"> <META http-equiv=Content-Type><LINK href="article-apache-crew_files/style.css" type=text/css rel=stylesheet> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2722.900" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY leftMargin=0 topMargin=10 rightMargin=0> <DIV align=center xmlns:UDF="http://mycompany.com/mynamespace" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"> <CENTER> <TABLE style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" borderColor=#111111 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px" align=left><IMG src="article-apache-crew_files/banner.gif"></TD></TR> <TR> <TD><IMG src="article-apache-crew_files/mainheader.jpg"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER></DIV> <DIV align=center> <CENTER> <TABLE id=AutoNumber2 style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" borderColor=#999999 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=770 border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <TABLE id=AutoNumber3 style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" borderColor=#111111 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=dates id=hDate dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px" width="80%" bgColor=#cccccc></TD> <TD dir=ltr width="20%" bgColor=#cccccc></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE id=AutoNumber4 style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" borderColor=#111111 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=768 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width=565> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD colSpan=2 height=5></TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px" colSpan=2> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 xmlns:UDF="http://mycompany.com/mynamespace" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=indicationLink2 vAlign=top><A class=indicationLink href="http://www.thememoryhole.org/media/al-jazeera/index.html">Homepage<IMG src="article-apache-crew_files/spacer.gif" width=2 border=0></A><IMG src="article-apache-crew_files/spacer.gif" width=3 border=0><IMG src="article-apache-crew_files/spacer.gif" width=3 border=0>/ <IMG src="article-apache-crew_files/spacer.gif" width=2 border=0><A class=indicationLink href="http://www.thememoryhole.org/media/al-jazeera/topics/index8eb6.html?cu_no=1&amp;template_id=277&amp;temp_type=42">Features<IMG src="article-apache-crew_files/spacer.gif" width=3 border=0></A>/ </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 height=6></TD></TR> <TR> <TD width=10></TD> <TD><INPUT id=item_cu_no type=hidden value=1 xmlns:UDF="http://mycompany.com/mynamespace" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"><INPUT id=item_no type=hidden value=962 xmlns:UDF="http://mycompany.com/mynamespace" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"><INPUT id=version type=hidden value=1 xmlns:UDF="http://mycompany.com/mynamespace" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"><INPUT id=date1 type=hidden value=25/03/2003 xmlns:UDF="http://mycompany.com/mynamespace" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"><INPUT id=dateTime type=hidden value=" 6:42PM" xmlns:UDF="http://mycompany.com/mynamespace" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"><INPUT id=articalText type=hidden value="<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Iraqi TV has shown videotape of two men it said&amp;nbsp;were pilots of a downed US Apache helicopter and said they were POWs who would be treated in line with international law.</FONT></P>&#13;&#10;<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=2>The men did not appear to be injured and were shown for four to five minutes drinking tea. The footage also showed a collection of credit cards and a driver's licence from the US state of Texas. </FONT></P></FONT>&#13;&#10;<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Earlier in the day the station broadcast images of a downed Apache&amp;nbsp;attack helicopter&amp;nbsp;that it claims was shot down by Iraqi ‘farmers’ on Sunday. </FONT></P>&#13;&#10;<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“Farmers shot down two Apaches. We showed one today and might show the second and the pilots,&quot; Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf said.</FONT></P>&#13;&#10;<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The minister promised &quot;darker days&quot;&amp;nbsp; to follow for the US-led invasion force after strong resistance yesterday. He also claimed that Iraq had captured other US and British prisoners of war.</FONT></P>&#13;&#10;<P>&#13;&#10;<TABLE width=10 align=right border=0>&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;<TR>&#13;&#10;<TD align=middle><FONT face=Arial size=2><IMG height=150 src=_/mritems/images/2003/3/24/1_961_1_6.html width=190 border=0></FONT></TD></TR>&#13;&#10;<TR>&#13;&#10;<TD class=imgcaption id=Comment dir=rtl vAlign=top align=middle><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=1>An image from Iraqi television shows&amp;nbsp;the Apache clearly</FONT>&amp;nbsp;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>&#13;&#10;<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Attack helicopters ran into a major battle south of Baghdad&amp;nbsp;in the<BR>closest fighting to the Iraqi capital in five days of war, a CNN reporter with the helicopter unit said. </FONT></P>&#13;&#10;<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Iraqi television earlier showed gun-waving Iraqis dancing around a downed Apache. Officials said&amp;nbsp;they would later show the second helicopter and the captured pilots on television. </FONT></P>&#13;&#10;<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The correspondent&amp;nbsp;accompanying the US Army Fifth Corps 11th Attack Helicopter Regiment said a unit of Apaches had been on a night-time combat mission targeting units of President Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard. </FONT></P>&#13;&#10;<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>He cited one of the pilots as saying they had hit &quot;a hornet's nest, a barrage of anti-aircraft fire&quot; near the city of Kerbala, 110 km southwest of Baghdad.&amp;nbsp;</FONT></P>&#13;&#10;<P><FONT size=2>&#13;&#10;<TABLE style=&quot;WIDTH: 197px; HEIGHT: 173px&quot; width=197 align=left border=0>&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;<TR>&#13;&#10;<TD align=middle><FONT face=Arial><IMG height=150 src=_/mritems/images/2003/3/24/1_970_1_6.html width=190 border=0></FONT></TD></TR>&#13;&#10;<TR>&#13;&#10;<TD class=imgcaption id=Comment dir=rtl vAlign=top align=middle>&#13;&#10;<P align=center><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=1>An Iraqi&amp;nbsp; waves his&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;machine&amp;nbsp;gun in front of&amp;nbsp;the Apache</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE><FONT face=Arial>He said he had seen between 10 and 30 bullet holes in the fuselage and canopies of the helicopters involved.</FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>&quot;There is some work now to make sure these aircraft can fly again,&quot; the CNN correspondent&amp;nbsp;said, adding that some had holes in the perspex canopies showing the bullets had narrowly missed pilots' heads.&amp;nbsp;A rocket propelled grenade had hit one Apache, taking out part of its&amp;nbsp;twin&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; engine, he said. </FONT></P>&#13;&#10;<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Asked about the morale of the pilot, the correspondent&amp;nbsp;said they had <BR>been expecting the mission to be a difficult one. &quot;They have come back feeling surprised, dazed, stunned somewhat...They could not really believe all that fire could be out there. For many it was their first experience of live combat, so it brought with it those kind of issues and traumas.&quot;&amp;nbsp;</FONT></P>&#13;&#10;<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Apache is an anti-tank,&amp;nbsp;twin-engine army attack helicopter which has been deployed in the 1991 Gulf War, Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. </FONT></P>" xmlns:UDF="http://mycompany.com/mynamespace" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"> <TABLE id=AutoNumber5 style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" borderColor=#111111 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 xmlns:UDF="http://mycompany.com/mynamespace" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <TABLE id=AutoNumber5 style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" borderColor=#111111 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD dir=ltr width="100%"><A href="http://www.thememoryhole.org/media/al-jazeera/xml/topics/printarticle9d61.xml?cu_no=1&amp;item_no=962&amp;version=1&amp;template_id=277&amp;parent_id=258"><IMG hspace=5 src="article-apache-crew_files/print.gif" align=right vspace=5 border=0></A><IMG onmouseover="this.style.cursor = 'hand' ;" onclick=SendByEmail(); onmouseout="this.style.cursor = '' ;" hspace=5 src="article-apache-crew_files/email.gif" align=right vspace=5 border=0></TD></TR> <TR> <TD height=5></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=articalTitle>US Apache helicopter crew taken prisoner</TD></TR> <TR> <TD height=15></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=artical vAlign=top></TD></TR> <TR> <TD height=12></TD></TR> <TR> <TD width="100%" background=article-apache-crew_files/h-dotedline-bg.gif><IMG height=1 src="article-apache-crew_files/spacer.gif" width=1></TD></TR> <TR> <TD height=10></TD></TR> <TR> <TD dir=ltr width="100%"><A href="http://www.thememoryhole.org/media/al-jazeera/xml/topics/printarticle9d61.xml?cu_no=1&amp;item_no=962&amp;version=1&amp;template_id=277&amp;parent_id=258"><IMG hspace=5 src="article-apache-crew_files/print.gif" align=right vspace=5 border=0></A><IMG onmouseover="this.style.cursor = 'hand' ;" onclick=SendByEmail(); onmouseout="this.style.cursor = '' ;" hspace=5 src="article-apache-crew_files/email.gif" align=right vspace=5 border=0></TD></TR> <TR> <TD height=5></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <SCRIPT language=JavaScript1.2 xmlns:UDF="http://mycompany.com/mynamespace" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"> if(document.all.artical) document.all.artical.innerHTML = document.all.articalText.value ; </SCRIPT> </TD> <TD width=10></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD> <TD dir=ltr width=1 bgColor=#cccccc><IMG height=1 src="article-apache-crew_files/spacer.gif" width=1 border=0></TD> <TD vAlign=top width=202> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 height=10></TD></TR> <TR> <TD width=10></TD> <TD><A href="http://www.thememoryhole.org/media/al-jazeera/index.html"><IMG src="article-apache-crew_files/homepage.gif" border=0></A></TD> <TD width=10></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 height=8></TD></TR> <TR> <TD width=10></TD> <TD></TD> <TD width=10></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER></DIV><!-- Mirrored from english.aljazeera.net/topics/article.asp?cu_no=1&item_no=962&version=1&template_id=277&parent_id=258 by HTTrack Website Copier/3.x [XR&CO'2003], Tue, 25 Mar 2003 19:12:03 GMT --> <SCRIPT language=JavaScript1.2> if( document.all.date1 ) { docDate = document.all.date1.value ; } </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="article-apache-crew_files/HomeMenu.js"></SCRIPT> </BODY></HTML>