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Updated at 11:29 a.m., Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Crashed Marine helicopter in Iraq was not from Hawai'i

By Mike Gordon
Advertiser Staff Writer

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter that crashed and killed seven Marines today in Iraq was not from Hawai'i, said a spokesman from Marine Corp Base, Hawai'i.

The crash was the fifth chopper lost in Iraq in just over two weeks.

The twin-rotor helicopter was being flown by Marines. It went down 20 miles northwest of Baghdad.

About 1,000 Marines with the Hawai'i-based 2nd Batallion, 3rd Marine Regiment are currently deployed in Al Anbar province.

Reach Mike Gordon at mgordon@honoluluadvertiser.com.