Remember a couple of weeks ago when the US helicopter blew down a Shiite banner from a tower in Sadr City? And how there were furious denials that it was on purpose? Well....

Copter Blamed For Dislodging Shiite Banner (washingtonpost.com): "The commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq said today that an American helicopter crew intentionally dislodged a Shiite Muslim banner from a tower in the capital's Sadr City district two weeks ago, an incident that sparked violent protests in which U.S. troops killed an Iraqi boy.

In an abrupt reversal of denials issued at the time, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez said that as a result of a U.S. military investigation, 'I think the aircraft was getting close enough to that tower in order to blow the flag down.'"