Attacks were also reported elsewhere in Iraq Thursday ... The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Fallujah reported eyewitnesses as saying that a US Apache helicopter had exploded in mid-air at 2am Thursday morning over the al-'Amriyah area, about 12km south of Fallujah. The crew of the US aircraft was reportedly killed instantly, even before the craft hit the ground. US forces encircled the area and carried out a search operation for the attackers, but turned up empty handed. .... Resistance fighters armed with rockets infiltrated an airport in Diyala Province at 5:50am Thursday. The fighters destroyed three US Bradley armored vehicles, an Abrams tank, and two Humvees and killed twenty-six US troops, Mafkarat al-Islam is reporting. No other details were available. .... An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in al-'Alam in Salah ad-Din Province at 11:30am Thursday, reportedly killing three US troops and wounding one more. ....