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DUBAI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in Iraq on Tuesday posted an
Internet video apparently showing the bodies of two U.S. Marines killed in a
military helicopter which the group said it had shot down.
Several men were shown gathering around the burning helicopter,
pulling out two bodies in military fatigues and collecting communications
equipment and other debris strewn around the twisted wreckage.
A statement, posted along with the video on an Islamic Web site,
said it showed the Super Cobra helicopter which al Qaeda said it shot down
with a missile in Ramadi on Wednesday.
The U.S. military has said it was investigating reports by residents
that the helicopter was hit by a missile, caught fire and broke apart in the
air before crashing.
A Reuters photographer in Ramadi last week said the helicopter
appeared to have crashed into a house, which suffered some damage.
Ramadi, about 110 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad in the Sunni Arab
province of Anbar, has seen some of the worst fighting in the insurgency
that erupted after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein.
Internet video apparently showing the bodies of two U.S. Marines killed in a
military helicopter which the group said it had shot down.
Several men were shown gathering around the burning helicopter,
pulling out two bodies in military fatigues and collecting communications
equipment and other debris strewn around the twisted wreckage.
A statement, posted along with the video on an Islamic Web site,
said it showed the Super Cobra helicopter which al Qaeda said it shot down
with a missile in Ramadi on Wednesday.
The U.S. military has said it was investigating reports by residents
that the helicopter was hit by a missile, caught fire and broke apart in the
air before crashing.
A Reuters photographer in Ramadi last week said the helicopter
appeared to have crashed into a house, which suffered some damage.
Ramadi, about 110 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad in the Sunni Arab
province of Anbar, has seen some of the worst fighting in the insurgency
that erupted after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein.