Seven US troops were killed when the helicopter carrying them crashed in western Iraq, a US defense official said today.

&quot;There were seven people aboard, they are all believed to be dead,&quot; the official said, adding they were US service members.

&quot;It was a routine troop transport operation going from Iraq to Syria, nothing out of the ordinary.&quot;

'There were seven people aboard, they are all believed to be dead,' the official said, adding they were US service members

Seven US troops were killed when the helicopter carrying them crashed in western Iraq, a US defense official said today. "There were seven people aboard, they are all believed to be dead," the official said, adding they were US service members. "It was a routine troop transport operation going from Iraq to Syria, nothing out of the ordinary."

Seven US troops killed in Iraq helicopter crash: US official

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Seven US troops killed in Iraq helicopter crash: US official