Thursday, January 25, 2007

Insurgents post video of downed Blackwater copter; 2 dead shown naked next to wreckage

Also released were photo I.D.'s from one contractor

CAIRO, Egypt -- An insurgent group that has claimed responsibility for the downing this week of a U.S. helicopter in Baghdad that killed five Americans posted a video Thursday on an Islamic Web site showing the wreckage and two bodies.

The 1-minute, 14-second video carried the logo of the 1920 Revolution Brigades, a known Sunni militant group. It showed wreckage of a helicopter with bricks scattered around it. The naked bodies of two men, one with gray hair and the other with dark hair, were seen near the wreckage.

Read the rest at the Washington Post

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