11.   However, the United Jehad Council, an umbrella group of Kashmiri Islamic militant groups, claimed it had downed the helicopter.

12.   It also said the Chechens have downed five helicopters since the war began.

13.   Lightning may have downed a helicopter transporting a royal entourage over rugged terrain near the Thai-Malaysian border, newspapers said Sunday.

14.   One group displayed a new Cuban weapon, the heavy, long-barreled Mambi sniper rifle designed to down helicopters.

15.   Other reports said that the Lebanese Amal militia claimed to have downed the helicopter.

16.   The helicopter was downed on the same day that rebels staged a large-scale coordinated attack on Chechnya second-largest city, Gudermes.

17.   The Germany-based agency DEM said the guerrillas downed the helicopter near the town of Silopi bordering Iraq, killing one soldier and injuring three others.

18.   The military on Friday acknowledged that Kurdish rebels had downed two helicopters in northern Iraq -- one earlier this week and the other last month.

19.   Filipino security analyst Rex Robles said it was unlikely that hostile fire either from guerrillas or other groups had downed the helicopter.

20.   Military officials in Washington said the deaths came when one helicopter was downed and another hit by enemy fire.