Three groups take credit for attack
An Al Qaida-led group and two less-known Iraqi insurgent organisations issued separate claims for Monday’s downing of a US helicopter and one issued a video which it said showed the attack, according to Web postings. “Your brothers … in the Mujahideen Council shot down a Chinook helicopter using a Strela missile north of Baghdad,” said an internet statement attributed to the group newly set up by Al Qaida in Iraq and five other groups. Full Story