Unmanned US aircraft crashes north of Baghdad

BAGHDAD - A US drone crashed north of Baghdad Sunday, the US military said, without specifying what brought it down.
"An Air Force MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle crashed about 6 am (0300 GMT) March 27, in the vicinity of Balad, Iraq," the statement read.
"A board of officers will investigate the accident."
Balad, 75 kilometres (45 miles) north of Baghdad, is a stronghold of the Sunni Arab insurgency that has dogged Iraq virtually since the US-led invasion of 2003.
A British C-130 Hercules aircraft crashed near Balad on January 30, killing all 10 servicemen on board. The incident is still under investigation, but it is widely believed the plane was shot down.