AP: Al-Qaida-Tied Insurgents Release Video (helicopter shootdown)

[Eugene]

Al-Qaida-Tied Insurgents Release Video
Al-Qaida-linked insurgents post video said to show downing
of U.S helicopter in Iraq

CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 9, 2007
By OMAR SINAN Associated Press Writer
(AP) An Al-Qaida-linked insurgent group posted a Web video Friday showing
what it said was the downing of a U.S. military helicopter earlier this week.
Seven Americans were killed in the crash.

The U.S. military has said it did not believe the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter
was shot down in the crash Wednesday northwest of Baghdad.

The two-minute video _ which says it shows the "downing of U.S. aircraft on
Feb. 7" _ shows a helicopter that appears to be a Sea Knight flying. An object
trailing smoke is seen in the sky nearby, and then the craft bursts into orange
and red flames, with a spray of debris emerging from it.

It is not clear whether the object is a rocket, and it cannot be clearly seen
connecting with the craft. In the footage, the helicopter heads downward, but
appears to be at least partially in control, though smoke and bright flames are
trailing from it. The helicopter then disappears behind a line of trees as it
hits the ground.

The video was issued by the Islamic State in Iraq...

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Full article: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/09/ap/world/mainD8N6BGSG0.shtml

[Caution]

1. This is the attack that killed a woman who went to High School with my brother

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/02/09/swampscott_pilot_lived_her_dream/

Dammit how many more have to die in this stupid war?

[frylock]

2. al-qaida-tied my ass..

The video was issued by the Islamic State in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iraqi insurgent groups that includes Al-Qaida in Iraq.

[PLF]

3. Where is the video?