Al-Jazeera airs video of Chinook shoot down.

[QuettaKid]

No video at link...just the story....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4748497.stm

[MetaTrope]

1. Misleading topic title

Made me think the article was trying to spin some measure of responsibility on Al-Jazeera. As a matter of fact, if you read the article, the video wasn't even aired by Al-Jazeera at all, but rather their rival network, Al-Arabiya.

[Tempest]

2. They fixed the headline

Al-Qaeda's 'Chinook video' aired

[leftchick]

3. from the link....

Now the US admits it was enemy fire that brought it down??

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The tape, entitled "the war of the oppressed", was broadcast on the Al-Arabiya station. It shows three unidentified masked men speaking in the tape in English, French and Urdu.

The identity card of a US special forces operative, Danny Dietz, who was found dead in early July as part of a rescue operation in Kunar, is shown on the tape.

In the video, the militants claim to have captured a computer containing details of US military plans.


The militants say they captured computerised military documents

The US military said it had not yet seen a copy of the tape and would not comment at this point on whether it was authentic.

[daleo]

4. They won't comment until they know if a lie would be plausible

They may have no alternative but to tell the truth.

[dArKeR]

5. I agree. What lies our country has turned to!