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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 2003
Page
1
A military helicopter crash in Kuwait results in the deaths of four U S and twelve British soldiers. Investigators are assessing the cause as rescue and medical teams secure the crash site near coalition bases. families await confirmation from respective defense ministries.
U S and British forces push into Iraq with limited resistance as tanks roll across desert and Marines clash with Iraqi units. Tomahawk missiles strike Baghdad targets while British troops assault Al Faw peninsula and aim to seize Umm Qasr port before nightfall.
A US Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crashed in Kuwait killing 12 British and four US soldiers. The incident near the Iraq border occurred at 6 37 pm CST with no hostile fire reported. The crash is under investigation and all Sea Knight helicopters are grounded pending inspection.
Cedar Rapids residents line Wight Brothers Boulevard SW to bid farewell to Rebecca Libby-Hurst and the 234th Signal Battalion. Kelsey Hurst watches with her father Kurt as the unit departs toward Camp Dodge and on to Fort Alley.
Gov Tom Vilsack states no threat to Iowa despite scattered protests and confusion over Iraq related incidents. Officials caution readers to avoid speculative claims and await official updates as security measures remain standard nationwide.
Connie Wolfe, a Data Management worker in Cedar Rapids, watched ABC reports by Mike Cerre as his unit crossed into southern Iraq. A week earlier her son Cpl Josh Wolfe, 22, of Lisbon, wrote he was in Fox Company of 2nd Battalion Suh Marines, and she feared for his safety as Cerre rode with Marines amid unfolding ground combat.
Reported U S forces crossed into southern Iraq engaging Iraqi units and destroying tanks and armored vehicles while British troops entered the alfan peninsula near the Persian Gulf access. A Marine helicopter crash in Kuwait killed 12 British and four Americans. second Baghdad missile strikes hit the presidential palace and planning ministry. Red Cross notes 214 injured, four soldiers killed. Turkey approves flight over its airspace for US warplanes, amid global antiwar protests and security concerns over power plants and critical infrastructure.
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