BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. death toll from a downed Chinook helicopter
near Fallujah, has risen to 15, U.S. military officials say.Mighty Chimp enquired in USMA 27405:
The helicopter was shot down by a shoulder-type missile, about 60 kilometers
west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, at 8 a.m. Sunday, witnesses told CNN.
Found this at: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/11/02/sprj.irq.int.main/index.html
I was surprised to see an American news service using kilometers.
Euric
The US ARMY has used metric for many years so as to been able to operate with its NATO allies. In 1975 in Gaithersburg, MD, I asked the way to NIBS (perhaps it was still the Bureau of Standards). The man, obviously an Army officer, replied: "Go back 200 meters. It is on the other side of the street.
