Twelve U.S. soldiers are believed to have been captured in an ambush on a convoy today near the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya, in what U.S. military officials called the toughest day of resistance in the war so far. ABC reports that

...the group, made up of maintenance workers, was part of a supply convoy that is believed to have taken a wrong turn outside Nasiriya while on a mission to carry out repair work.

They were traveling in a column of six vehicles that encountered a roadblock and came under heavy fire. A number of others were wounded in the attack and evacuated by helicopter, military officials said....

Shortly after news of the capture came, video footage of what was said to be dead and captured American soldiers was aired on the Arab al Jazeera network and Iraqi state television.

At least five American soldiers appeared in the video footage — four men and one woman, some of whom appeared to be wounded. They were asked to give their names, home states, and state whether they were Americans.

Also, a U.S. miltary plane has crashed in Afganistan killing six.

A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing all six military personnel on board, U.S. Central Command said. "The crash was not the result of enemy action," Central Command said in a statement. The helicopter was conducting a "medical evacuation mission," it said. The HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed 18 miles north of Ghazni, Afghanistan, at about 11:20 a.m. EST, Central Command said. The cause was under investigation. The names of those who died were being withheld pending notification of their families.