The House of Representatives is considering H.R. 1817, the
Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, along
with the DeFazio/Mica amendment Wednesday.
"It was shredded by a multi-barrelled 20mm cannon. They have
worked out that's what caused the crash."
Source: An unnamed senior British military
official in remarks to the London Daily Telegraph on the RAF's
determination of cause in the downing of a C130 Hercules near
Baghdad last January. The insurgent group Ansar al-Islam claimed
responsibility for the shoot-down, which claimed the lives of ten
military people on board the aircraft. Tuesday's determination
brought to an end an investigation that lasted more than four
months.
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