US checking whether helicopter down near Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Feb 2 (Reuters) The US military in Iraq said it was checking whether a helicopter came down just north of Baghdad today.

''We're looking at reports of a possible aircraft down,'' a spokeswoman, Lieutenant Colonel Josslyn Aberle, said when asked about reports from residents near the major US air base at Taji that they saw a helicopter come down shortly after dawn. US embassy spokesman Lou Fintor also said: ''We're looking into the reports.'' REUTERS AD MIR RAI1300