Iraqi commander, 5 officers killed in crash

The Iraqi Commander of operations in west Anbar and northern Mosul, and five senior officers were killed in a helicopter crash in the western Rawat district on Tuesday, a security source said. Lieutenant General Hasan Al-Baidhani was killed after a military chopper crashed while landing in Rawat command, the source told KUNA, and attributed the crash to a technical failure. The source added that five officers were also killed in the crash. The Iraqi Ministry of Defense did not issue a statement on the crash, however, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki mourned the demise of the officers